> If in IBO, a programer would be able to select which client library
> and also specifying which server the application will be connecting
> to, then it should also be a possibility that the parser becomes more
> intelligent and only process the keywords for Firebird or Interbase,
> and maybe even go further in looking up the version of the database
> server and use that to refine the parsing. Although today, most
> keywords are common, but as time progresses there will be differences
> in the keyword list between Interbase and Firebird and even between
> versions.

I for one would welcome this very much.

Currently, in order to use "fbclient" for Firebird and "gds32" for
InterBase, I have IBO wrapped up in a DLL so I can set the
global library name "constant".

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL
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