Are you sure that you have a Linux version - they are different; I'm
not being obtuse here, but a .dll does not work with Linux. Have you
tried rFunc - its very good - see Firebird main page for details.
Regards

> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to add the TRIM function to my database:
>
> DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION trim
> CSTRING(256)
> RETURNS CHAR (80) FREE_IT
> ENTRY_POINT 'fn_trim' MODULE_NAME 'ib_udf';
>
> The 'ib_udf' file does exist in the /opt/interbase/UDF folder and I
> also copied it to the /opt/interbase/bin folder. However when I try to
> use the UDF I get this error:
>
> function TRIM is not defined.
> module name or entrypoint could not be found.
>
> I'm using FB 1.0 under Mandrake Linux 9.1
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers,
>
> -Benton
>
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