Hi,

> Perhaps a database administration tool could fix this "issue"? Let's say
> you set the default collation in it, and it add collation to each new
> column automatically. Of course, you would have to use admin. tools that
> have such feature.

This can already be done by setting the RDB$DEFAULT_COLUMN_NAME from the default
RDB$CHARACTER_SET_NAME. Though you must keep in mind that this default value doesn't survive a
backup/restore!

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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