schimmi62 wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm using Firebird version 1.5.1.4481 on Linux SuSE 9.2. I've a
> database with the default character set ISO8859_1 and SQL dialect 3
>
> When I start up isql on the linux machine I set first
>
>> SET NAMES ISO8859_1;
>
> then i connect to the database.
>
>> connect 'blabla' .....
>
> Then I want to insert a new record with an umlaut. But it doesnt
> work. If I press an umlaut nothing happens, no character is seen in
> the isql console. On the linux textconsole I can use öäå without
> problem.
>
> Anyone knows what I am doing wrong or if I'm missing something? Do I
> have to set a special environment variable like LC_TYPE or something
> like this?

AFAIK this is a bug in the editline library used by isql. The only
workaround I found so far was using an isql that was not editline-enabled.

Frank


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