> I had this same situation with our app.
>
> There are 2 other approaches over using isql...
>
> 1. Use the API directly to create the database; this is the path I used,

and

> ultimately it's what isql uses as well. It works very well.
>
> 2. Ship a dummy database with your application, then connect to it first,
> then from there issue a CREATE DATABASE command, then disconnect from the
> empty one. The dummy DB compresses well so it doesn't add significant

weight

> to your install package.

You don't need to do this.

Almost any component package has a TIBDatabase/Connection/Whatever
with a method "CreateDatabase".

That should do it.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
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