Nigel Weeks wrote:

>>So: For a web application using Apache on Linux, what do you
>>recommend for connecting to the Firebird server? I am using
>>HTML::Mason (Perl) for the templating system, so I hoped to
>>stick with Perl for Firebird connectivity, but I think I need
>>to switch to something other than the available Perl module.
>>
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> Go for PHP. You'll never look back.

100% Agreed, PHP, especially version >= 5, has very good Firebird
support, take a look at this:

http://lu.php.net/manual/en/ref.ibase.php

Generators and events, and even ordering the server to execute a backup
or restore are natively supported.

> N.