On Sunday, March 12, 2017 5:09:58 PM EDT you wrote:

>
> Encoding is an alias for lc_ctype, and in my opinion the name encoding
> is more descriptive than lc_ctype, hence my preference to specify
> "connection property encoding (or lc_ctype)". Encoding is also the
> property name that has been given preference in most Jaybird
> documentation in the past. I'd sooner prefer to remove lc_ctype from the
> documentation, if it weren't for the fact that that would sever the link
> with isc_dpb_lc_ctype which might be mentioned in other Firebird
> material.

Yes but it could be confused with say java file.encoding. Also I recall I had
issues with that, but I will have to check again to be sure.

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William L. Thomson Jr.