Thad,

> Could your problem with PREPARE be that you have not defined

sqlString within

> a EXEC SQL BEGIN/END DECLARE SECTION block? The Interbase Embedded

SQL Guide

> (http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/60EmbedSQL.zip on page 23) says

that

> InterBase supports it for compatibility with other

implementations. Might it

> be required for FB 1.5?

I tried it, but it has no effect. The resulting C code is almost the
same as before -- lines have been shifted up or down. The whole
block of the FB variable declarations is the same.

Eric