firebird-embedded

Connecting to Firebird embedded on D2010

I downloaded the Firebird DBX driver from http://sites.google.com/site/dbxfirebird/ and I've been able to compile the "Test Connection" project and get it to run. I pointed it to my test DB like so: procedure TMainForm.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var C: TSQLConnection; begin C := TSQLConnection.Create(Self); try C.DriverName...

Firebird Database Keeps getting larger

This one is interesting to me - despite the almost inane title. I have used Firebird for a long time, but not until recently noticed an interesting behavior. I am using embedded firebird 1.5, and noticed that if I stuff the database full of blobs (lets say 10mb worth), the size of the database increases. I can then delete all the field...