[SQLObject] Firebird updates

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

Okay, I've applied some of the things James sent me, and a few other 
small fixes as well.  Interested parties may wish to download the CVS 
snapshot.

These are the bugs that remain:

DeleteSelectTest.testSelect, PeopleTest.dynamicJoin:
   The Cursor unknown error -- some problem with using a connection with 
two cursors, or something.  It happens when an iterator still is using 
a cursor and you execute another statement.  The exact problem I'm not 
sure of, nor the resolution.

ValidationTest:
   We seem to be getting something other than strings back... some sort 
of funny string-like object?  Doesn't seem to cause actual problems 
unless we are specifically checking the type.

DeleteSelectTest.testNewline (and others):
   Like SQLite, Firebird doesn't like backslash escapes in string 
literals.  One resolution might be to get rid of backslashes, and not 
quote anything except ' (as '').


Firebird is really slow for me.  Like, the tests take seven minutes to 
run, compared to 3sec for Mysql, and 9sec for Postgres (MySQL doesn't 
actually do as many tests).  Are other people getting similar results?  
I'm *hoping* my Firebird is badly configured, because I'm not that 
patient.

   Ian