At 01:27 PM 15/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:

> > 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.

I promise you it is not a reserved word in 1.5. :-) I'm very willing to
take a bet on it. ;-)

> > 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.

Anyway, read the posting from Maciek Borowka...perhaps he has found a
solution for you.

heLen