> The only way I yet know how to do this is with an INSERT
> INTO SYMBOLS (SYMBOL) VALUES (val); statement that inserts
> one row at a time, using an IB_Connection & TIBOQuery.

Dont use TIBOQuery, its made for interactive use. For the fastest
possible inserts use TIB_DSQL. The BlobInserts sample application
that comes with IBO has an example of you to setup this sort of thing.

> but I keep getting 'Error reading data from connection' or
> 'Error writing data to connection' or something like that.

This sounds like some sort of problem with your connection setup or
possibly even a network problem. A more specific error message would
help.


HTH

Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing