How do you connect to the Interbase database now? BDE?

-steve

Jonathan Neve wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We have several applications, including one very large one, which still
> run on IB 5.0 (and most of our other servers run IB 6.0).
>
> Now, I'd love to be able to migrate to the newer versions of FireBird so
> as to take advantage of the new features, but in the case of huge legacy
> applications like this, breaking the existing database or code is simply
> not an option; and besides, stability and reliability are in such a case
> FAR more important than speed or features, which is why we have been so
> conservative in our upgrades. (To give you an idea of what we're talking
> about here, our biggest project has about 500 to 600 forms and 2 or 300
> reports, over 800 units in all.)
>
> My question therefore is:
>
> 1) What would be the main elements that would need upgrading (I am
> familiar with upgrading to IB 6, so I mainly mean, beyond 6.0) ?
> 2) What (if any) incompatibilities could arise, in terms of SQL (I'm not
> intending to use dialect 3, as that would require changes far too massive) ?
>
> Thanks!
>
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