> It takes over 30 seconds to open the first tibotable (database
> connected property previously set to true early in the code) in the
> second database. Once it is opened, it can be closed and opened
> repeatedly in under a second.

Is there any obvious complexity differences between the first and
second database (or the particular table of the second database)?

IBO does have some overheads when first connecting to a table (due to
loading various metadata details), and this can cause a noticable
delay in very complex databases.

I cant think of any other reason for the problem, so I concur with
Helen, check in the IB_Support group to see if any others have
difficulties making two connections from Win98.

Just a thought.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing