Did you put a line in ibconfig to tell where the External Function will be?
Something like:

EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_DIRECTORY "C:\Program Files\FireBird\UDF"

I had the same problem, and noticed that FireBird do not define this
directory by default...

Artur Anjos

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hernan Galante" <hernan_galante@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:59 PM
Subject: [ib-support] Help with UDF!


> Hi everybody!!
>
> I need help with this! I have the famous FreeUDFlib.dll, but i doesn't
> work!
> My questions are:
> Where the file must be?
>
> I Do this declaration:
> DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION F_YEAR
> TIMESTAMP
> RETURNS INTEGER FREE_IT
> ENTRY_POINT 'year' MODULE_NAME 'freeudflib.dll';
>
> And appears on EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS, but when i Try to do:
>
> Select * from Abogado where f_year(fechaexptitulo) = 1964
>
> Exploids with this:
>
> "Invalid request BLR at offset 117
> function F_YEAR is not defined
> module name or entrypoint could not be found
> Statement: Select * from abogado where f_year(fechaexptitulo) =
> 1964"
>
> What I'm doing wrong?
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
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> Analista de Computacion - UNLP / Computer Analyst - UNLP
> www.hernangalante.com.ar
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