Hello Paul,

Thanks for your answer.

What I want to do is to determine server version from pure JDBC.

I probably posted this question in the wrong group. Should have posted it in Firebird-Java group.

BR,
Hugo

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vinkenoog wrote:
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> Hello Hugo,
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> > Is there a way to determine which version of Firebird is running before connection to a Database?
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> From within your application, you can connect to the Services Manager and then call isc_service_query(), specifying isc_info_svc_server_version in the request buffer. This is documented in the IB6 API Guide.
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> Many clients (e.g. FlameRobin) can also give you this information without having to connect to a database first.
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> Or, from the OS command prompt:
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> > fbsvcmgr [hostname:]service_mgr -user -password -info_server_version
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> This requires Firebird 2.1 or higher on the client machine.
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>
> Hope this helps,
> Paul Vinkenoog
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