there's a lot of solutions:

- BDE (depreac... uh... bannished)
- ADO/ODBC (i don't remember the toolbar name in delphi)

- IBX (by default in Dephi's components: toolbar "Interbase")
- IBO
- UIB (my "best choice") (www.progdigy.com). The main problem: no
read/write Dataset. Not yet. A french developper had made one but is not
included in UIB package. If interrested, I can send you address to get it.

Except IBO (and Delphi's licence), all are free
IBO, IBX and UIB are implementations of fbclient APIs.


Milan Babuskov a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I've been completely ignorant about Delphi so far. I searched the
> archives and got some bits and pieces of information, but I'd like to
> hear your opinions and experiences.
>
> What is the best way to access Firebird from Delphi?
>
> If there are freeware/open source solutions they might have an edge,
> but I'm also interested in commercial ones. A set of short advices
> like 'XXX is good and free, but YYY feature doesn't work with it' is a
> kind of stuff I'm interested in.
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who replies,
>
> Milan.
>
>
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> Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item
> on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links !
>
> Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>
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