> What is the difference between using "APIFirst" or "First" with a
> TIB_Cursor?

APIFirst only does the very bare bones for performance sake.
Unless you really know how to test things and assure what you want is indeed
happening, there is probably no appreciable difference between the two.
I can tell you that blobs will be ignored with APIFirst but other than that
you may have good success with it.

Jason