Woody skriver:

>
>
> From: "Martijn" <martijn@... <mailto:martijn%40pecsforall.com>>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm creating a Firebird database for my application and I wonder if
> there
> > is something like a a browse for firebird servers available.
> >
> > I would like to have some kind of combobox with all firebird servers
> on a
> > network.
> >
> > After selecting a server I would like to have a combobox with the
> > registered databases on that server.
> >
> > I'm using Delphi XE with UIB 2.5 components and Firebird 2.5.
> >
> > Is it possible and does someone have a example?
> >
>
> Firebird doesn't keep any kind of database listing so this isn't possible.
> Since a server can also communicate on whichever port (besides the default
> 3050) you set it to using configuration parameters, there really isn't any
> sure-fire way of determining which computers might have a Firebird server
> running on it.

But the combo could list those on port 3050 only I suppose, by trying a
connection on that port on each computer found on the network? Perhaps
his app could be configured to try other ports too, but default to only
3050.

Furthermore, there is such a thing as aliases, in which case the server
does know about all aliased databases. Isn't this so? But I don't know
if there's any way to get a server to list its registered aliases. Is there?

Kjell
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