jwhinyyc schrieb:

> So I'll invest a bit more effort into a SHOW TABLES
> workaround (and whatever else I discover is required) before
> going on to my real application.

What about:
select rdb$relation_name from rdb$relations where rdb$system_flag<1
order by 1

Frank
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