re: >> "The isc_create_database( ) ... > There is nothing wrong with it, except a dumb last parameter.
> It's de facto public. Okay. That last parameter, I was just searching the code now for hints as to what it was. I just send a 0? > You confused things. ISQL own command is "SET NAMES ...". > The client library understand "CREATE DATABASE ... SET > NAMES ...". ISQL appends it own SET NAMES configured value > to user issued CREATE DATABASE commands. Yes, very confused. Now you mention it, I seem to remember reading about it before but can't find it in the release notes. It is noted in the v2.5.0 release notes, but without any explanation of its purpose. Is that because it's always been there and just never documented? (Else, do you know when it arrived - which version of FB?) Thanks for your help. -- Geoff Worboys Telesis Computing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel