Guido,

> Yes, I know. I meant, why can't execute 'select 'set statistics index ' ||
> rdb$index_name || ';' from rdb$indices' not in a IB_Query.

IBO probably needs you to alias the expression column; BTW, a TIB_Cursor
would be more suited for the job.
Ciao
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