> Sometimes when I (in IBExpert) try to change something I get an
> error message saying that it cannot be done because there are
> dependencies on the object in question.
>
> Is there a way to find these dependencies? To my knowledge there
> shouldn't be any.

sorry - you can, of course write your own system table queries to do this
too, but I can't be bothered - I just use the IBExpert Dependiencies tab.
Alan

>
> In this particular case I am trying to remove a column and get
> this error message:
>
> "This operation is not defined for system tables.
> Unsuccessfull metadata update
> Cannot delete
> COLUMN LAST_NAME
> There are 1 dependencies
> Changes will be rolled back"
>