Hello:

>i don't think that this is the problem coz i tried to do the same but
>using odbc connection and not firebird to the same server and from
>the same machine and i am sure that all the parameters and the
>conditions where the same and the odbc connection was instant.
>

Please can you run the test ?? time ago another user of the provider
was having a similar delay (4-5 seconds) and the problem was in the
name resolution.


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Carlos Guzmán Álvarez
Vigo-Spain

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