Hi Geoff,

Thanks for your reply.

> Embedded SQL is talking about writing applications using gpre and
> C/C++.

This I believe has no effect on the fact that the example shows a
cross-database query. If you're saying that the resulting executable
performs the "joining" of the tables on the client then please confirm.

> Obviously you will never get server managed referential integrity
> while using different database types.

I apologize for incorrect wording. By "third-party database" I meant "tables
designed by someone else not me". It's Interbase, too. Does this leave a
possible path other than replication? (Thanks for the link to the article.)

TOndrej