At 01:09 PM 25-11-02 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>What would be the preferred TIB_ConnectCharacteristics item to distinguish
>if has been connected to Firebird or to Interbase ?

dbVersion

>I understand that the versionnumber of FB also starts with 6
>So the version number would not distinguish

This is what dbVersion returns for Firebird 1.0:

WI-V6.2.794 Firebird

>By the way where do I find a description of the meaning of the
>TIB_ConnectCharacteristics items ?

Look in the IBO helpfile index for TIB_ConnectCharacteristics and then
follow up each item in the IB documentation. The API guide will assist in
most cases, although one or two of these characteristics are a bit
obscure. You might also get some idea from looking at the captions of the
fields on the Characteristics tab on the Connection page of IB_SQL.

Helen