InterXpress for Firebird

Description
"InterXpress for Firebird" is a dbExpress driver - Borlands new
cross-platform
driver technology for lightweight database access - for the Firebird
database engine.
With this driver you have guaranteed access to Firebird and it will support
the latest
Firebird features. Download a trial copy now at http://www.upscene.com

Platforms supported
- Delphi 6
- Delphi 7
- Kylix 3
- Firebird 1
- Firebird 1.5

The driver is expected to work with C++Builder 6 - any comments on this are
very
much appreciated.

Known issues
- The driver does not yet work with delimited identifiers (case sensitive,
quoted identifier
as with dialect 3 databases) or at least, it hasn't been tested.
- NUMERIC/DECIMAL datatype mapping happens according to the Delphi 7
InterBase
dbExpress driver - all fields are mapped to TFMTBCD fields - this might
require you to
recreate your so-called "persistent fields" on your datasets

Additional technologies supported
- Fully supports the dbExpressPlus package.

Bugreports/support/questions
- Use the newsgroup at news://news.upscene.com

Available versions
The driver comes in 3 versions, depending on your needs:

Desktop Edition
The desktop edition is aimed at deploying and developing applications that
use a localhost or
local protocol connection and accepts up to four connections per client
process. The license
includes unlimited rights to deploy the driver at any number of sites for
any number of workstations.

Server Edition
The Server Edition is aimed at deploying and developing applications that
require a remote connection
(client/server) and allows unlimited connections from a single client
process. The license includes
unlimited rights to deploy the driver at any number of sites for any number
of workstations and/or servers.

Server Edition with Connection Pooling
Basically the same as the "Server Edition" but with internal connection
pooling mechanism. Specifically
useful for application servers and webserver applications without having to
build a connection pooling
mechanism - this driver already has it! Instead of pooling the dbExpress
connection (an added layer by
Borland), it pools the actual database connection. So there's nothing you
have to change in your
application - as soon as you create a TSQLConnection component, it will use
a pooled connection
when available.


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase
Firebird Workbench - the developer tool for Firebird
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

"This is an object-oriented system.
If we change anything, the users object."