I'm not Jason but I will try to help.

AI> 1. If Firebird and Interbase start to diverge, will IBObjects continue to
AI> support both? If not, which database would probably be supported? (I
AI> assume interbase - but you never know)

FB and IB already started to diverge. Jason will support both of them.


AI> 2. Are there any gotchas to using Firebird right now? Can I simply install
AI> Firebird instead of interbase and run my app?

If you use IB 6 you can just replace it with FB 1 and it will run
100%.

AI> 3. What comments have people made after swapping between Interbase and
AI> Firebird?

The only thing you can have problems is with SQL's with ambiguous
field retrieval. This was accept by IB but is not accepted by FB.
This happens when you have a select retrieving a field that existis in
more than 1 table being used in the select and you do not especify
from what table you are retrieving that field (using the table alias
before the name of the field). Firebird will give you an error, but it
is very easy to correct your statament.

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Carlos
WarmBoot Informatica - http://www.warmboot.com.br
FireBase - http://www.FireBase.com.br