At 11:40 PM 16-05-02 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>My application is written purely in C and does all of its database
>access via the BDE API set.
>Originally I was going to access an IB database via the BDE but with
>recent announcements from Borland I want to examine how difficult it
>will be for me to convert my code.
>
>So the most important question for me is whether there is an API for
>Interbase which can be called from C. I am not interested in either
>Delphi or C++ coding.

Absolutely! the InterBase API speaks native C! Get hold of the APIGuide,
one of the volumes of InterBase 6 documentation set - download the beta
version from ftp://ftpc.inprise.com/pub/interbase/techpubs/ib_b60_doc.zip
or buy a 6.5 media kit from Borland if you need an update (very little has
changed).

>Oh yes, the operating environment is Windows, although if I leave the
>BDE behind, I can at least think about linux.

That's for sure. Actually, BDE support for IB 6 is not crash-hot - Borland
has pretty much departed from BDE for client/server databases, favouring
instead its DBXpress and its Datasnap (formerly Midas) distributed server
model. These days you are much more likely to see Delphi and Borland C++
users using pecialised third-party products for Firebird and InterBase
connectivity - no BDE, no DBXpress, no ADO.

cheers,
Helen


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