Nickolay,

> You did not answer my question. What happens if you ask engine to
> translate XSQLVAR type to SQL_VARYING explicitly for CHAR output
> parameters ?

Back to your suggestion. Do you mean that I have to change the
XSQLVAR.sqltype field in outXSQLDA when we do isc_dsql_execute2?

If yes, then it does not work, server still returns padded data.

Thanks!
Roman