> Does Firebird 2.1x have a facility to check if a database instance is
> connected?
>
> When my web application is launched, I open a database instance. The
> database instance is used throughout the web app's lifetime.

I'm not sure of your language here. Can you explain a little more?
"open a database instance"
If you have a "web application", database connections are made and dropped
each time a page is requested.
Am I talking about the same thing?
Alan

>
> Olivier Mascia from IBPP.org suggested that I check for exceptions to
> accomplish this. That is a good idea, but I would really like to know
> if there is some FB function available that he is unaware of before
> going the exception route.
>
> Thank you
>