> -----Original Message-----
> I thought to this solution too but just like you said I would
> need to use the quotations to refer to it, so I would need to
> change the queries. Moreover the queries have to stay
> compatible with DB2 and
> DB2 doesn't accept these quotes in the queries.

This sounds like your trying to make a square peg fit in a round hole.
Would it not possible to build a very simple Data Access Layer, which would
allow you to use the best features of each db instead of writing one query
to rule them all.

Rgds

Si Carter
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