Updated: 2023-09-27

Data Source Initialization OLE DB Property — «dbclient_type»

Name:
dbclient_type
Type:
VT_BSTR
R/W:
R/W
Default:
ib
IBProvider:
3, 5

This property determines a type of database server client. The available values are:

Value Description
ib InterBase client. Default library is gds32.dll (32bit) or ibclient64.dll (64bit).
fb Firebird client. Default library is fbclient.dll.
ya Yaffil client. Default library is gds32.dll.
fb.direct Own (built-in) client of provider for communication with Firebird.

Own client to work with Firebird

Starting with version 3.27, IBProvider can independently establish a connection with Firebird server without the server’s client (fbclient.dll).

At the moment, provider supports a connection to the Firebird up to v4.0 (10th, 11th, 12th, 13th protocols) via TCP/IP (INET-protocol).

There are several settings for configuration of own client: «remote:protocol», «remote:protocol_arch», «remote:protocol_type», «remote:auth» and «remote:wire_crypt».

See also

Other properties of group

Other sets of properties