Hello Paul,

Thanks for your answer.

What I want to do is to determine server version from pure JDBC.

I probably posted this question in the wrong group. Should have posted it in 
Firebird-Java group.

BR,
Hugo

--- In [email protected], Paul Vinkenoog  wrote:
>
> Hello Hugo,
> 
> > Is there a way to determine which version of Firebird is running before 
> > connection to a Database?
> 
> From within your application, you can connect to the Services Manager and 
> then call isc_service_query(), specifying isc_info_svc_server_version in the 
> request buffer. This is documented in the IB6 API Guide.
> 
> Many clients (e.g. FlameRobin) can also give you this information without 
> having to connect to a database first.
> 
> Or, from the OS command prompt:
> 
> > fbsvcmgr [hostname:]service_mgr -user  -password  -info_server_version
> 
> This requires Firebird 2.1 or higher on the client machine.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Paul Vinkenoog
>


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