--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Leyne, Sean" <Sean@...>
wrote:

>
> Pete,
>
> > I have been using Firebird (1.5) with a delphi 7 application for
> > years. I am using Interbase Express (IBX 6.5)...
>
> There is your problem: IBX
>
> Firebird v2.0 introduced a new mechanism to distinguish between

Firebird

> and Interbase databases -- a very high ODS version # (32700+).
>
> This feature was added since FB and IB databases are no longer
> interchangeable and should not be allowed to be opened by the wrong
> engine.
>
>
> Unfortunately, the IBX components have never claimed and never

intend to

> support FB. The fact that they did, was considered to be a "fluke".
>
> You need to investigate another DB component set (IBOjects or

FIBPlus

> are very good) to replace your IBX components.
>
>
> Sean
>

Thanks. Looks like I have to decide if moving from FB 1.5 to 2.0
is worth upgrading a working application. Probably would not be hard
since I am only using TIBQuery (and IBDatabase and IBTransaction of
course). I will look at IBObjects and FIBPlus.