There's also:

Borland/CodeGear DBExpress (DBX) which comes with Delphi

Also a number of IBX derivatives (like MDO)

And ZeosLib, which has a jdbc-like API

Max

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 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
>
>
>
>