--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Frank Schlottmann-Goedde
<frank@...> wrote:

>
> Roger Crämer schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > after installation of FB 1.5.3 (SS-Version on Linux)
> > id is not possible to enter NLS-Characters (like german umlauts)
> > in 'isql'.
> > Scripts containing umlauts will be accepted and correctly
> > handled.
> >
> > Is this a bug or need I specify some envrionment variable/flag while
> > invoking 'isal'?
>
> It is a bug of the editline library used to build isql. You will

need an

> isql built without editline-support (or with readline btw.) to handle
> umlauts correctly.
>
> Frank
>
> --
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> their tears have healing powers and they make highly faithful pets.
> - J.K. Rowling
>

Thank you Frank for that information.

I'll try with an 'isql' with disabled editline library (although that's
a pretty nice feature that I will miss :-)

Roger