> I don't know whether you are in a position to upgrade to Fb 1.5,

but SKIP

> isn't a keyword in 1.5.

I can't agree with that, I read release notes:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/Firebird_v1_ReleaseNotes.p
df
And definetly SKIP is listed as a new reserved word.

> Even if you don't want to upgrade, you could
> simply open the ib6 database using the fb 1.5 client and server

(that won't

> cause the database to "upgrade" itself), run the sql to copy the

data into

> the new column, drop the column and shut down.

So there is no other solution than changing the version of fb?
The queries I mentioned are part of sql-script, so executing them
separately makes it all too complicated.

Neczka