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 your trial copy 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
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."