At 09:42 AM 29/09/2004 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi ALL,
>
>Part of my last email message ' Can you get firebird to check a database
>existence' arose because i have only an alias name given to my restore
>routine, is there some function or piece of delphi code that can get the
>alias DB file path, this would solve my problems, its something im trying
>to write myself in delphi but finding it difficult.

There is no function, since this has nothing to do with the manipulation or
storage of data.

I won't ask you to say why reading a line from a plain text file and
parsing it is difficult, since this isn't a Delphi forum. However
(off-topic) I do suggest you look up the Delphi help on file routines and
string functions...

./heLen