At 08:09 AM 26/05/2004 -0300, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>At May 26, 2004, 06:48, Helen Borrie wrote:
>
> > Well...no, you don't. You can include it if the file you are reading has
> > it, or if you are exporting to a file to be read by an application that
> > needs it.
>
>Unless, it changed in FB 1.0 or FB 1.5. But, it is mentioned on page
>108 of the IB6 beta Data Definition Guide. Unless, I read it wrong.

It's documented wrongly, to give the impression that an EOL marker is
required. It is not required, unless an import file has it or an export
file needs it. The structure of fixed length record determines where
records begin and end.

/heLen