To answer my own question:
- You can convert a firebird 1.5 database into 2.5 with this tool: http://gsbelarus.com/gs/fdbconvert/fdbconvert_eng.html - You can install firebird 2.5 instead of 1.5. Old BDE based program will still work with it, because the Firebird 2.5 server can talk with a 1.5 client. - The official fdb module (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb right now at version 1.7) can be used from Python 3, and it works with Firebird 2.5 Problem solved! > Hi! > > I have an old HIS program written in Delphi. It uses Firebird 1.5 > database. I need to make an interface to exchange data with other > healthcare providers. I do not want to do this in Delphi, that is > ancient code. It is also not an option to rewrite the whole program from > scratch. I just need to add a service that runs in the background and > sends/receives data. > > Is it possible to somehow connect and use firebird 1.5 database from > Python 3? I have tried kinterbasdb with no luck. There are a number of > firebird libraries out there, but none of them seems to support firebird > 1.5. > > Does anyone know a library that can do this? > > Thanks, > > Laszlo > > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
