> Basically, if you want display only first records in grid, all you
> need is just to fetch only them. Most of Delphi components do it
> automatically unless you configure them to fetch all records on dataset
> open.
> I'd strongly advice you not to use FIRST-SKIP for it. You'll get more
> problems than you are truing to solve. But if you insist that the hell
> is your desired destination - use parentheses around parameters. I.e.
> SELECT FIRST (:NumRows) SKIP (:SkipRows) ...
>
> SY, SD.
>

Thanks for the information.
I will consider both options!

Luis Semedo Duarte