At 03:58 PM 1/03/2006, you wrote:

>I'm only using IBODatabase, IBOTable, Datasource, DBGrid (so that I
>can use 3rd party components).
>
>Where would I edit the sql that is sent upon insert?

See the dataset property InsertSQL: put your own insert statement there.

Also re-think using TIBOTable. Using TIBOQuery allows you to use
Firebird properly and it works fine with 3rd party components.

Helen