At 03:31 PM 14/02/2003 +1300, you wrote:

> > >Will IBO connect to them and if so what is the form of IBO's connection
> > >string?
> >
> > Actually, it's not "IBO's connection string" but "the client connection
> > string". The connection string is determined by the server OS. For
> > Firebird currently, you have only the two to know about, Windows and
>POSIX.
> >
>OK, so I should think IBO imposes no connection string requirements of its
>own and the connection string requirements are from IB/Firebird and server
>file systemt?

Correct. IBO provides the encapsulation of the block of data that the
client library passes across the wire when requesting a connection. For
that it supplies properties and figures out what & how you want to connect
from the values in them.

regards,
Helen