At 02:06 PM 28/04/2004 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I need to create and fill firebird database from sql dumped data from
>another database. The problem is that I can't tell isql what the encoding
>is used in the input file. (The encoding is windows cp1250)

Is the default character set of the target database WIN1250?

If so, just give isql the command
SET NAMES WIN1250;

/heLen