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Re: how to do this with IBX?

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From: Craig Stuntz TeamB
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:56
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Bill Todd wrote:

> Good question. IIRC, you can get the version number using the
> IBConfigService component and the platform is encoded in the version
> number. I do not recall how it is encoded [...]

	Windows major versions are like this:

WI-V7.1.0.131

	Linux major versions start with LI-V

	This is safe to test -- IB PLANalyzer looked for this pattern in an
older version, and it only ever had a problem with Firebird. All
InterBase versions, including Open Edition, work this way.

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