Hi,

> I'm trying to change the length of a varchar field. There is some
> way to do this without data lost?

ALTER TABLE yourtable
ALTER yourcolumn TYPE VarChar(newlength)

> Im using FB 1.5 and IBConsole.

Why IBConsole? It's not Firebird specific and there are much
better alternatives.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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