> Is there a way to determine which version of Firebird is running before connection to a Database?
>
> I'm looking in org.firebirdsql.management but cant find anything fitting.
>

Or using Python and fdb library (python binding):

import fdb
svc = fdb.services.connect(password='yourFirebirdSysdbaPassword')
print "server version: ", svc.get_server_version()