> fbclient simply parses the statement, finds it being CREATE DATABASE,
> converts the arguments into DPB and calls isc_create_database()
> internally. This is why it can work without db and tr handles. An ugly
> hack from the layering POV, but it works.

Then something different does not work - I was not able to create a DPB
with default character set and page size specified. Ok, I will check the
sources.

Roman