> I think the first time the tibotable is opened some (or all) of the
> metadata for the database is retrieved. I saw this same behavior when
> I did a practice conversion from bde to ibobjects with my
> application. My suggestion is to either use tiboquerys instead of
> tibotables or go to the native components (like I am doing).

You may also consider using the SchemaCache so that the metadata information
is held locally for quicker initial access.

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