When I work with MS SQL Server, I can find all the server computers in
our network pretty easily. I don't think there is any functionality
like that for Firebird, but it occurred to me that rather than the
remote servers sending "Hey! Over here!" messages to my client, what
would happen if I stepped through the computers on my network and send
out some sort of call for service to each computer. If each server
has a Firebird configuration file on it that has the with the aliases
for all of its databases, it seems like most of the pieces are in
place to create a point and click connection that is about as easy to
use as MS SQL Server.

Would something like this work? Has anyone done anything like this or
found another way of polling Firebird Servers for their databases. Is
there something in IBObjects I can use to do this?

Thanks very much for your help.

Jack Rodenhi