> is it possible to insert into text-type BLOB field (segment size 255
> only) data using insert or update SQL statement. Any conversion using
> cast(...) or indirect conversion are leading to error 'Conversion
> error from string "BLOB"'?

Should work fine in Firebird 1.5 and up, I believe.

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