--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "louis" wrote:
> An e with .. on top,
> e with ^ on top,
> o with .. on top
> e with / on top
> e with \ on top

These characters are supported by ISO_8859_1, but
also a lot of other character sets.

I suggest using ISO_8859_1 for interoperability and best
support in Firebird.

More information than you are likely to ever need can be
found at these excellent sites:
http://czyborra.com/charsets/iso8859.html
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars.html

Regards,
Peter Jacobi