> I have discovered that in IBO4 TIBODataset.Params returns a TParams
> object (whose method ParamByName returns a TParam), while
> TIBODataset.ParamByName returns a TIB_Column instead!
>
> I think this is a leftover from the past (in the past - Params used to
> return a TIB_Row), as ParamByName and Params.ParamByName should be
> compatible (to be precise they should both return the same object).
>
> This impression is further justified by the fact that
> TIBOStoredProc.ParamByName is of type TParam already.
>
> I have applied and tested the correction on my copy of the source and
> it works well. Is there any particular reason it is the way it is and
> can we change it for the next subrelease?

Please send me the changes you made and I will consider putting them in the
next sub-release.

Jason Wharton