> I've tried ilReadDirty -- it's still the same. So I think it's most
> probably a client API thing.

ReadDirty (mostly: dirty read ;-) is not supported by Firebird.

> Any thoughts on whether this should be expected? I know for JET (MS
> Access DB), this is expect as it is by design -- they have an out of
> order execution engine... -- even in the same thread...

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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