Trevor,

> I have been working with databases for many years and I "cut my teeth"
> on the early versions of Oracle 6.
> I fully understand what you are saying and I agree with everything
> that you have said. Under normal circumstances, I would stick with it
> and sort the problem out, but in this case, I just don't have the
> time.

Unless you redesign your specs, you are going to confront this issue here or
later. I would just hope if I were you that your next chosen toolset
doesn't leave the resolution of this issue until after you have customers
using your application. I assert, it is a blessing to face this now.

> I am a partner in a startup business and we just don't have the
> cash available for me to spend time sorting this problem, I have to
> move on, unless someone can give me a quick fix for this. At the end
> of the day, if I don't have a working app by the end of this month,
> then I could have real problems. I chose Firebird because I have used
> Interbase before, and found it easy to get along with, and because it
> is free and runs on Windows.
> If you think I can sort this quickly, OK. Let's give it a try.

Unless I missed something, we have nothing substantial to go on to help you
with your problem. I outlined what we need to be able to have enough
insight into your issue to help you. Unless you can come up with some or
all of what I have requested I highly doubt anyone can help you.

With the right information, this issue will be a piece of cake for me to
solve.

Jason