--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies" <m.tonies@...> wrote:

>
> Hello Larry,
>
> > I have a backup utility that needs to run with apps using embedded
> > server or client-server versions of Firebird.
> >
> > This utility needs to know if it's running embedded, so it won't run
> > svc->Shutdown().
> >
> > I don't see a column in a system table that will tell me if I'm running
> > an embedded server or a client-server version of Firebird.
> >
> > How can this utility know the server type?
>
> Why do yu want to shut down the server anyway?
>
> Is it so you can safely copy the database file(s)?
>
> If so, I suggest a different approach:
> - run "gbak", or use the "Services API" of Firebird to create a Firebird
> backup
> - copy the resulting file

Thanks Martijn:

Oh CRAP!

My typo. It's the recover utility, not the backup. Backup works fine with either type of server.

Sorry.

The app does use the services API. I want to keep the recovery as simple for the non-technical users I expect to be running the app, and administering the database. So the app has a "Recover" button and a dialog asking the location of the source of the recovery.

Thanks
Larry