Jason,

> > Looking for for a TIB_Services component, eventhough Ann thinks the
> Service
> > API is a "hack" - we hope for a better implementation in the future.
>
> That has been my major hisitation. I don't think that even the IBX services
> components are ready for the prime-time because the new API itself isn't
> proven yet.

It suffices to have a look at the sources of IBConsole. The IBX
components are easy to setup and make up a kind of "plug and pray": try
and you will *sometimes* get what you intended (I guess it's more API's
fault than IBX, but I may be wrong: I have never used the API directly).
Maybe IBO could develop a totally new interface that today can surface
the services API and tomorrow something other almost transparently...
The available services, after all, will always be more or less the same.

> > Doesn't some of the other RDMBS (MSSQL?) have a SQL interface for
> > backup/restore? e.g. BACKUP DATABASE MYDATABASE:GDB TO <some device> WITH
> > <options>.
>
> I would like this very much!

I would like a SQL interface for everything in IB, for that matter!
Ciao
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