21.09.2015 12:33, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: >> but presumably the xsqlda can carry them? > > Currently - not because XSQLVAR.sqllen is a signed short int.
And AFAIU nobody promised it could. "Cannot be assigned to anything but a blob" includes the output message/parameter, i.e. such a literal cannot be selected. However, it can be used in INSERT/UPDATE statements and probably in PSQL assignments too. Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
