> >>Apparently, it's possible with FireBird to set the port number in the
> >>connexion string. Is that right?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Correct. For example:
> >
> >MYSERVER/3040:c:\data\test.fdb
> >
> >Where MYSERVER is the host and 3040 the port MYSERVER is listening on.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>If so, starting from which version.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Firebird 1.0
> >
> So FB 1.0 is different from IB 6.0? I thought it was the same thing.

FB 1.0 is based on the IB 6.0 code base open-sourced in 2000,
but many bugfixes and some neat enhancements found their way
into the 1.0 Release. You'd best reading the Firebird 1.0
Release Notes.

HTH,
Thomas.