At 05:36 PM 28/09/2004 +1000, you wrote:

> > I have run the firebird server in an m/c. I am not
> > sure whether firebird is installed in super server or
> > classic mode. Is there is any way to check server mode
> > at runtime ? i.e. some thing similar to "show version"
> > in isql.
> >
> > My requirement is to know whether firebird server is
> > running in classic or superserver mode at runtime. By
> > using some tool or via some query.
> >
> > Please do let me know about it ,
> >
> > S.Karthick
>
>it never switches mode. you need to have known which server you chose to
>install. the install package asked you which one you wnat and you responded
>with?????
>Alan

Or, if you don't remember what you did, look in the Firebird bin directory
and see whether you have fbserver.exe (Superserver) or fb_inet_server.exe
(Classic).

I suspect that you are really asking if there is any way for the client to
"know" whether it is connecting to a Classic server or to a
Superserver. Well, no, since the server and client modules are designed to
be quite transparent to one another, through an interface known as "the
Y-valve".

"Mode" isn't really the right term for distinguishing Classic from
Superserver. There is no modality. They are the same server, built to
utilise the platform's process architecture and resources in different ways.

./heLen