--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>

>
> The maximum size for an index key is 253 bytes. This maximum gets
> progressively reduced as you "load up" the attributes of the key:

multiple

> columns, multi-byte character sets and, in your case, a character

set that

> "eats" a lot of extra bytes AND a collation sequence that eats even

more.

This is *extremely* disappointing to hear. I mean, wow! words fail me!
Does this mean I cannot efficiently sort fields > 84characters in
size?