--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "nevillerichards" <neville@m...> wrote:

> > At 09:49 AM 10/01/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Two related tables contain beween them about 1 million records.

(About 4

> > >detail to 1 master)
> > >
> > >Periodically, it is necessary to update a sizeable and well-defined
> subset
> > >of both tables, re-calculating many column values. The master

and detail

> > >calculations are interdependent.
> > >
> > >Can I use a couple of TIBOQuery components to synchronously work

through

> > >the required records in both tables, updating as I go?
> >
> > Why do you want to use query components for a batch update?
> >
> > Helen
> >
> >
> There are three parts to the process - selection of the correct

subset of

> records, complex calculations (in Delphi), finally update of the

records in

> the table. Basically, both I and the application are refugees from BDE
> Paradox. I am somewhat limited in my knowledge of the slicker

alternatives

> available in IBO.
>
> Neville

Have a look at IBO Tech Sheets:
http://www.ibobjects.com/TechInfo.html
also some Client/Server concepts are explained, and you can have an
idea about what IBO native components can do for you that BDE and
TDataset had never been capable of ;)
regards
Marco Menardi