Greg,

At 09:07 PM 17/12/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>We are writing a set of applications for Windows that all require
>shared access to a small local database. Since these are multiple
>applications, we would then need to use the Firebird 1.5.1
>SuperServer instead of just using the embedded engine.
>
>If the target system already has an application that uses the
>Firebird enging (same version or earlier), what is the best way to
>co-exist with this? How can we (at install time) detect the presence
>of an existing service? What if it's an earlier patch... do we
>simply upgrade it and hope for the best?

What are you talking about here? Do you want the new installation/service
to supersede the existing one, or do you want to be able to run both
concurrently?

./hb