Hello,
I've been catching up on the firebird and IBO newsgroup postings
and came across a posting that suggested that determining the
database filename from an alias was not possible. (Post was
"Detecting Database Directory on Server" on 17-April in
firebird-support)

So my question is:
Does the IB_Connection.Characteristics.dbFile property give an
accurate database filename and will it still be valid in the
future? In the tests I've done it correctly reports the database
filename.

I'm more interested in the path so that I can build a backup
filename that is date-time stamped and will reside in a
directory below the main database file. eg

DbBackupFile := JustPathName(AConnect.Characteristics.dbFile) +
'\BackupFile-' + FormatDateTime('yymmdd', Now);

So, is this the thing to be doing??

thanks
Mark