>>I have FB 2.5.3 on a laptop. Win 7 32 bit. >>I introduced a stored procedure and in it call F_LEFT(:varName, 24) to >>truncate :varName from a vc(48).
F_LEFT belong to FreeUDFLib which you need to install. Since you are already using FB2, it’s much easier to just use the built in LEFT() function instead: http://www.firebirdsql.org/refdocs/langrefupd25-intfunc-left.html -Maya
