At 05:36 PM 6/03/2006, you wrote:

>Interbase has a raw data injection option

Nope.

> available through Delphi.

Specifically, it's an IBX component, not a part of InterBase at all.

>TIBSQL.BatchInput

..is a Delphi component. BatchInput is a method that reads from a
source into the client application and inserts prepared statements
into a database table from a client application.

>However I cannot find the equivalent in Firebird.
>
>Does anyone know an equivalent.

If you are already using IBX, it's just another IBX component to
try. Various other connectivity suites (IBO, FIBPlus, others) have
components with similar capabilities.

./heLen