At 10:38 AM 17/10/2007, you wrote:

>Here is the output from ISQL for a couple of functions:
>
>SQL> show functions "LOWER";
>
>Function LOWER:
>Function library is ib_udf
>Entry point is IB_UDF_lower
>Returns FREE_IT CSTRING(255) CHARACTER SET NONE
>Argument 1: NULL CSTRING(255) CHARACTER SET NONE
>SQL> show functions ASCII_CHAR;
>
>Function ASCII_CHAR:
>Function library is ib_udf
>Entry point is IB_UDF_ascii_char
>Returns FREE_IT CSTRING(1) CHARACTER SET NONE
>Argument 1: NULL INTEGER
>
>Note that LOWER is not shown with quotes. ASCII_CHAR does seem to be correct,
>in that Argument 1 includes the NULL.

So does LOWER, apparently...

./hb