> should i use ib_query with midas providers and what would i use to
> specify provider flags ?

I don't know how you can use MIDAS with the native IBO components. I think
it would be much easier to use the TIBO components since they have been
integrated with all the new MIDAS hooks introduced in Delphi 5.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com