--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Miles Dymott" wrote:
> All data has been inserted using IBObjects AsWideString command so I'm
> not sure if that has something to do with it.

Without knowing the details, I still can guess that AsWideString
is the problem. If its function follows its name, it generates
UTF-16 or the like, not UTF-8.

Regards,
Peter Jacobi