At 05:04 AM 20/02/2009, you wrote:

>--- In Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com, Jim Starkey <jstarkey@...>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> Character strings never contain 0x00, so this scheme always as short or
>> shorter than the grouping scheme currently in use.

OCTETS chars are right-padded with 0x00, I believe.

Helen