Solved. I am importing data from an external source and they obviously changed format for that ID from char(5) to char(6) which suddenly renders all 5-char-values with an addional blank on the right side.
It would of course have been my duty to have my routine check all incoming external data for integrity and compliance with the agreed-upon schema. In addition, looking very very close I probably would have noticed the only and absolutely obvious reason for that exception earlier. Please excuse that posting of mine, but - believe it or not - I have already been "analysing" this problem for nearly 3 hours... unbelievable.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ beta Eigenheim- und Grundstücksverwertungsgesellschaft mbH Hafenweg 4 59192 Bergkamen-Rünthe Telefon: +49 2389 9240 0 Telefax: +49 2389 9240 150 e-mail: i...@beta-eigenheim.de Amtsgericht Hamm Nr. B 420 || USt-IDNr.: DE 125215402 Geschäftsführer: Achim Krähling, Dirk Salewski, Matthias Steinhaus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Firebird-net-provider mailing list Firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider