[DUG] Firebird V2 BDE Windows 7

[John Bird]

I am getting a legacy program that uses both BDE and TIB connections to a Firebird V2 database working on Windows 7.

Have installed BDE (the old version – V5.01) OK – the trick is to install as Administrator

Have installed Firebird server and the database.

Can connect to it using EMS SQL Manager and Flamerobin just fine and browse the tables and run SQL etc. – ie the Database file and server all look fine.

the programs TIBQuery connection also seems to be working OK.

However I cannot connect to it using BDE – it looks like the problem is the driver.   I installed the Firebird/Interbase ODBC driver, but it may be that the original XP PCs  using an Intersolv native INTRBASE driver, for which I don’t have an install, or an install of the BDE that once included an INTRBASE driver that I don’t have in my fresh BDE install.

Anyone have suggestions how to get the BDE connection working?

John Bird
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