Hello Nico,

NC> Thanks for the info. The Firebird build is 1.5.2.4731. It is
NC> running local on a Windows XP machine. DB connectivity is done using
NC> FIBPlus. The extension is FDB and no shadowing.
NC> The delay is happening only when the first time the form is opened.
NC> The connection to the database is established already at that point.
NC> I will try the hyperthreading. Anything I can check still ?

Can you trace, and tell us at which step it take too long: when you
perform DB.Connect; when you perform Dataset/Query.Open...?

And FIBPlus allows you caching of meta-data (as IBO does), so you may
use it.



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