Try upscene db expresss driver,so you don't have change anything,just
install the driver and use the specified dll file.there is another
driver,but i forgot,try googling

On 1 Aug 2011 17:46, "Maurizio P." <mauriz_po@...> wrote:
> Than you ,
>
> ... so it means that for delphi7 + firebird 2.5 i need a third party
component ,
> there are any suggestion on which of them ?
>
> and , most important , with the new connection component , how many
changes do i need in source ,
> actually I use tsqlconnection+tsqldataset+datasetprovider+clientadataset
>
> thanks
>
> Il Lun 01 Ago, 2011 10:39 CEST, masotti ha scritto:
>
>>Hi Maurizio,
>>
>>On 31/07/2011 20:06, pmaurizio2004 wrote:
>>>
>>> .... i found that setting the property of tsqldataset getmetadata to
>>> false the error does not appear , but i don't think this is the right
>>> solution ...
>>
>>maybe there are other solutions, but AFAIR the DBX version in Delphi 7
>>can't support Firebird 2.5 for many reason.
>>I know that Delphi2010 has correct DBX driver for Firebird, that is
>>independent from the Interbase one but isn't supported by Delphi 7 (it's
>>DBX 4.0 AFAIR).
>>So the path is
>>- upgrade to Delphi XE
>>- pick a driver from third party source (there are quite a few).
>>HTH.
>>
>>Ciao.
>>Mimmo.
>


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