p_detorcy wrote:

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>I think that java UDFs are really important now as java is more and more
>the first language used in the corporate world (much more than Delphi
>that I used a lot, and even c++). Java is very well
>suited to deal with Unicode Strings, which are a strong point of
>Firebird too. The problem is the that the functions delivered don't
>work with Unicode (ex : Upper) : they could be easily replaced by java
>UDFs.
>This feature is available in Oracle and DB2.
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Also Netfrastructure.

This has been discussed at length on the developer list. If you're
interested, you might want to take a look.