> The positive side of all this is that it will make you into a
> seriously
> good client/server developer if you actually get it working
> satisfactorily. It's a big ask. You'd get a heck of lot
> better results by
> abandoning 2-tier C/S entirely and going for a multi-tier
> web-based solution.

I endorse this statement and recommend that you create a web-based solution
using IBO in an ISAPI application.

The wire protocol for Firebird is far more "chatty" than the wire protocol
of a web browser and that makes using it directly over a DSL line very
sluggish.

Your hard work would be better spent on a good web solution.

Jason Wharton
www.ibobjects.com