At 11:02 AM 30/04/2006, you wrote:

>Thank you! Using a parameterized query along with isEmpty seems to
>work very well, giving me the performance I need.
>
>Although I haven't done a head to head comparison, it seems that this
>is even faster than using an IB_Cursor with parameters, calling
>"First" and finally checking for EOF. Would you expect the IBODataset
>using parameters and IsEmpty to be faster?

If you are talking about TIBODataset then no. It is implemented only
as a scrolling (buffered, bi-directional) dataset.

Otherwise you'll have to explain what you mean.

Helen