At 01:37 AM 7/09/2006, you wrote:

>because it wants its DataSource to be connected to a TTable
>descendant. I looked into using TIB_LookupCombo, but *that* doesn't
>seem compatible with TIBOTable because it insists on a TIB_Datasource,
>which doesn't see any TIBOTable in the designer.
>
>I can't be the first to encounter this. Is there a standard
>workaround?

No. They are two distinct series of components. TIBO* components
are VCL-control-compatible via TDatasource; TIB_* components are
"native IBO" and are not VCL-compatible.

At the data access level you can pass the SQL in its current state
between a TIBODataset and a TIB_Dataset (in either direction) using
AssignSQLWithSearch. By this means, for example, you can produce
reports using VCL tools, where the data originated in a TIB_Query.

Helen