Jason,

> [Art] suggested that you consider using ClientDatasets.
> I strongly discourage this suggestion. With IBO there
> is absolutely no need to use client datasets at all.

I was thinking of a master-detail data entry form. I think it's easier to
attach a dbGrid to an in-memory dataset and let Delphi handle the allocation
of records or calculated fields as needed. Are you suggesting that with IBO
this should be done directly against the server, with the possibility of a
long-running transaction?

> Using client datasets is excellent advice if you are using
> IBX because its
> transaction handling is so primitive and immature but it is
> a horrible and
> unnecessary amount of work if you are using IBO.

Perhaps I simply learned bad habits from using the BDE against Oracle and
need to "rollback".

Art Metz
AMetz@...