Hi Pavel, thank you very much! It works like a charm. That is exactly what I was looking for.
2012/4/18 Pavel Cisar <pci...@ibphoenix.cz> > ** > > > Hi, > > Dne 18.4.2012 14:18, Peter Irbizon napsal(a): > > > > > > > Hello, > > I am using python 2.7 and kinterbasdb. How could I find out default > > charset used by database? I would like to check it and then according to > > used charset decode returned strings. thank you > > To get default character set for a database, use: > select rdb$character_set_name from rdb$database; > > best regards > Pavel Cisar > IBPhoenix > > >