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You can run sqlsrvr.exe -v and parse it's output to get the version

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Re^2: Portable way to extract string from a binary
by mpeppler (Vicar) on Jul 14, 2004 at 13:24 UTC
    Thanks - but that gives me the version of the server - it's the client software version that I need, so the closest approximation would be running isql -v.

    I think tachyon's solution looks good.

    Michael