--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> At 07:23 PM 14/04/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >How can I determine from within my application if Firebird is
> >installed and running?
>
> The question as asked is a needle in a haystack. Depending on the
> conditions you need to test, this could be a) simple, b) complicated c)
> unreliable or d) impossible.
>
> Can you be more explicit about what, where and why you want to test
> this? If necessary make a truth table of the conditions your

requirements

> has to cover and what you want to do about it, including:
>
> Firebird? (as opposed to InterBase)
> Firebird version?
> Installed and running?
> - locally?
> -remotely?
> Installed but not running?
> - locally?
> -remotely?
> Not installed locally?
> Not installed at all?

Hi Helen,

I have a client with a Firebird application running at about 60 out of
700 sites. I've written a suite of applications for him and some need
to know if the Firebird application is being used on the local machine
before running certain processes.

Only Firebird v1.5x is used.
Firebird is always installed locally
The Firebird service should be running if installed.

I'd like to know if Firebird is running to avoid throwing exceptions
by trying to connect to a server that doesn't exist or isn't running.

Thanks,
Steve