--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@m...>
wrote:

>
> >
> > After reading several articles on the subject, I am still confused.
> > Is it true that for Firebird 1.5, a client does not need the gds_db
> > entry in the Services file? Helen mentions nothing about it in her

book...

> >
> > Hans
> >
>
> don't be confused... just test it - takes about 60 seconds
> Alan
>

If it were that simple, I'd done it already. It takes (quite) a bit
more to connect my test-client to my FB 1.5 server.
I did connect it to IB6 however, and there it definitely needed the entry.
Hans