> Andy,       [ I had started this subject before, so some matl. may be
> rhetoric.]
>
> Speed no issue so ODBC is ok but ODBC is a concern for admn.
> i.e. clean install and uninstall and re-install and addl deployment files
>
> At present we use  Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0(ASA 6)
> ASA has an "embedded SQL interface" which consists of .h header files
> and import libraries .lib for Watcom C/C++, MSVC++, Borland C/C++
> ...and here is some addl info from the manual.
> Q.Primafacie can it be used with Dolphin to deploy apps
>          (I know little about lib/dll etc so far mostly working with a RAD
> on Win and 3GLs in DOS)
>
> info from manual...>>>
> ...Alternative to using import library...loading ASA interface lib
> dynamically w/o
> linking against import library...
> use esqldll.c
> 1. your program must call db_init_dll lo load DLL ...and db_fini_dll to
> unload
> 2. #include esqldll.h
> 3. compile esqldll.c ...(I have all the reqd c/c++ compilers)
> 4. link your object module to esqldll.obj
> >>>... end info from manual
>
> If I can get some indication that this can be used with Dolphin then I