> Internally the parameter is WIN1252 (length of 'á' = 1) even the > connection charset being UTF8 (where length would be 2).
Can you find a way to try the equivalent of this: EXECUTE BLOCK ( i VARCHAR(60) CHARACTER SET WIN1252 = ? ) RETURNS ( r VARCHAR(60) CHARACTER SET WIN1252 ) AS DECLARE v VARCHAR(60) CHARACTER SET UTF8; BEGIN v = _utf8 x'C3A1'; i = v; r = v; r = 'i=' || Octet_Length(i) || ' v=' || Octet_Length(v) || ' r=' || Octet_Length(r); SUSPEND; END Note that _utf8 x'C3A1' == 'á'. Here under an IBObjects based client I get: UTF8 connection : i=2 v=2 r=1 WIN1252 connection: i=1 v=2 r=1 Under a Jaybird based client I get: i=2 v=2 r=1 for all connections, even when I try to say use encoding WIN1252 (but I'm not all that familiar with the client so may be doing something wrong). Whatever, that "i=2" is wrong. But I can't work out how to try this in isql. -- Geoff Worboys Telesis Computing Pty Ltd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel