--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Adams wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having some trouble determining whether Firebird 2.5 Embedded on
> Windows 7 used via the Firebird .NET Provider 2.6.0 is reading
> firebird.conf. My strategy was to put purposely bad values in the
> file to see that Firebird chokes on them -- at this point, I'm
> wondering if Firebird just skips unknown settings or settings with bad
> values. Can anyone confirm or deny that much?

Bad lines (which is not in format key=value) are logged at OS-dependent log subsystem. Look at EventLog on Windows. Unknown settings are ignored.

> I've tried placing firebird.conf in all of the following locations,
> and I haven't been able to confirm whether it's being read:
>
> * Current working directory
> * Right next to fbembed.dll (differs based on 32/64 bit)
> * Right next to the database file

firebird.conf located always in the same folder as fbembed.dll. Note, before v2.5 it is the same folder as application and in v2.5 it is not necessary the same folder as application.

> I've also searched quite a bit to figure out how I might crank up the
> logging level of Firebird's bootstrapping process without much luck.
> How can I see what Firebird is doing on startup, in particular with
> regard to which firebird.conf, if any, it's looking for?

I don't understand why do you need it. Anyway, SysInternals's FileMon utility could help you.

Regards,
Vlad