> Hi Jason (and others)
>
> I am currently looking at developing a database replication program
> within Delphi 7 and connecting to a firebird database via IBObject
> components. We are looking to enable our clients to do the following.
>
> 1 Master Database Replicated in realTime into a number of Replicated
> Databases (initially 4)
>
> These replicated databases are for read access and only the master
> database is ever updated. We currently have load balancing and other
> setups inplace to ensure that this happens but we need to get the
> database replicating across.
>
> Firstly:
>
> Do the IBO_Replication Components allow one to Many One-way replication?
>
> and if so is it possible to obtain an evaluation copy of these
> components to test within our application?
>
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Andrew Alexander

by all means - write your own replication engine... but before you commit
this effort it would be worth looking at the free and commercial products
for replication. There are many - see www.ibphoenix.com for a full list. It
could save you a lot of time and effort.
Alan