On 24 Jan 2001, at 15:59, Jason Wharton wrote:

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From: "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@...>
Date sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:59:40 -0700
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Subject: Re: [IBO] Urgent - Problem with StoredProc and prepare

> Yes, it is possible to inquire the server version running. Where I
> don't have any help is asking the client to identify itself.

Anyone who runs one version of the server, and a different version of
the client, is asking for trouble. Running a server with an
different database version, is also asking for trouble.


>
> > Riho-Rene:
> >
> > On 24 Jan 2001, at 9:59, Riho-Rene Ellermaa wrote:
> > >
> > > But take small developers - they can't afford to lose clients and
> > > maybe they have associate more with their products. When some bug
> > > is found in IBO, then the fix comes up in days if not in hours.
> > > And that's done with only by 1 person - Jason.
> > >
> >
> > Realise that for a company like Jason's or mine, to fix a small bug,
> > is easy and cheap, we simply fix it. For a large company, where
> > corporate political wills are involved, and approvals have to go
> > through 47 people, most of whom exist only to make the process
> > difficult, then it's much more difficult, and expensive. A Bug that
> > costs, Jason or I $5 (worth of billable time), could cost a company
> > like Borland $500,000 (worth of management and development time) to
> > fix.
> >
> > Now Firebird could fix this one, but then programs that work on FB
> > might not work on IB. I don't know, is there a way from IBO to find
> > out what version of the DB engine is being used? Hmmm, Jason, if
> > your reading, is there a way to find out what version of the engine
> > is being used, even if it's on another machine?
> >

Paul Schmidt,
Tricat Technologies
Email: paul@...
Website: www.tricattechnologies.com