At 01:14 AM 26/02/2008, you wrote:

>hi guys.
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>i can create and update database using firebird. i also have basic knowledge of pascal and delphi.
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>can someone point to me where i can find a downloadble tutorial that teaches how "turbo delphi" (the free one) and firebird talk to each other? or perhaps lazarus and firebird?
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>while i did find some tutorial by searching myself, i did not learn much so that i can create one from scratch. the help file that comes with turbo delphi is too technical for me. lazarus, otoh, does not have any complete tutorial.

Try http://www.matlus.com/

Firebird-support is not a Delphi list, nor Lazarus, nor Mono. Firebird is a database management system; FreePascal and ObjectPascal are application languages; Lazarus and Delphi are development environments; Mono and .NET are deployment frameworks. Between applications and Firebird you have data access layers. There are many other data access environments and deployment models that involve Firebird.

-- In the .NET/Mono the data access layer is the Firebird ADO .Net Provider. You can subscribe to the firebird-net-provider list.

-- In the Delphi area there are numerous data access components, including IB Objects, FIBPlus and even Codegear's own InterBaseXpress and DbXpress if you're not very ambitious. For Delphi data access basics you could do worse than visit the Dr Bob and Marco Cantu sites - Google for them, as they move about a bit.

-- and so on...

*This list* is about Firebird and we are pretty strict about keeping the channels clear...

^ heLen