On Thursday 14 November 2002 00:50, you wrote:

Hi,

> > >> do we really need the messages file (interbase.msg) or not?
> > >
> > > No. If it is not there, the error message you get will be less than
> > > descriptive,
>
> What do you mean by 'less than descriptive'?

interbase.msg just contains the 'text' of all the error messages, I guess so
they can be localised. Open it up in Notepad and have a look.

> All of us are parsing the messages inside the
> application, so the question is if we need to change something on our
> parse.

If the file is missing the exception is still raised, and you can still get
the error code, ISC code, SQLCode etc., but there is no text. Personally I
never let FB exceptions 'slip' through to the user, I always handle them in
my app, and if one is not handled directly, I have a global exception handler
that pops up a message telling the user there has been a problem and to blame
Mr. Gates.

Phil

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