If it could help, I get the following message using the firebird
server on windows instead of the embedded version, running the same code:

Cannot transliterate character between character sets

I have probably some charset problem, but I can't figure it out...
Regards!
Massimo

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "mapofe" <mapofe@y...> wrote:
> Hi, thank you for your answer.
> The application root directory contains the following files:
> - fbembed.dll
> - firebird.conf (with RootDirectory pointing to the application root
> directory)
> - aliases.conf (but no alias declared)
> - firebird.msg
> - ib_util.dll
> - intl/fbintl.dll
> - udf/fbudf.dll
> all these files come from the FBRC9 embed zip archive.
> I do not use blobs.
> Any other hints? :) Thank you!
> Massimo
>
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
> wrote:
> > At 04:34 PM 17/02/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >I'm using Firebird 1.5 RC9 embedded.
> > >I get the following error when I try to insert a row in my (still...)
> > >empty database (using JDBC).
> > >
> > >Implementation of text subtype 21 not located.
> > >
> > >I red that this should indicate that ISO8859_1 is missing in my
> > >installation, but issuing
> > >
> > >SELECT RDB$CHARACTER_SET_NAME, RDB$CHARACTER_SET_ID
> > >FROM RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
> > >ORDER BY RDB$CHARACTER_SET_NAME
> > >
> > >I can see it is there.
> > >What could be the cause...?
> >
> > I suspect that it's nothing to do with blob types at all, but a
> different
> > exception altogether, combined with a missing or wrong firebird.msg.
> Do
> > you have the correct msg file in your application root? It should be
> > located in the directory above Your_App_root\bin.
> >
> > Helen