Hi Adam

I've managed to establish a connection by changing the driver to Standard.
This now connects to the renamed .fdb file as well as the original Interbase
.gdb files. So far I have had no problems connecting to the databases with
isql even after renaming them.

>
> The BDE, dont use it. There are lots of better components to use. It
> is probably the netfiles or a lck file or something, but it is not
> worth using. Borland have discontinued it anyway. If you are just
> getting started with Firebird, use any other component.

Would you recommend using www.ibobjects.com - IB Objects ? I have to change
a whole software program with multiple pages of reports over from the
existing queries using BDE over to IBO if you recommend using another
component, and am not sure whether I have the time to learn IBO unless its
really worth it and easy enough to pick up....

Any further comments on that ?

>
> What is this line all about?
> > SERVER NAME=IB_SERVER:/PATH/DATABASE.GDB

This is the value of the Params property that is 'defaulted' in the
TDatabase component, just after I write the Database location.


My guess is that it is generating a connection string on the fly. You

> will do very well to uninstall BDE and never use it again. I can ont
> stress this enough. Even IBX is a lot better. From memory, I don't
> think there ever was a BDE that was stable with Interbase/Firebird.
> It is a pain to install and a pain to maintain, you will forever be
> having to delete lock files when someone reboots their machine.
>
> Adam

Cheers,
Gaurav



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