>> Is it possible to find out the server-version without
>> haveing a database-file?

> security.fdb will exist if Firebird 1.5 has been installed.
> You just need to know where it is. But if the site has
> changed the password for SYSDBA even that will not help.
> At least you can try and connect and handle the errors ;)

There is even a GetISC4Path function (see TIB_Session) to
let you get the path to the security databse. However...

Important additional note in regard to FB v2.0. From the
v2 Alpha release notes: "The server now rejects any access
to security2.fdb except through the Services Manager."

So the approach of using the security database will not
work from v2 onwards.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing