hi, try select upper(cast (denumire as varchar(30) character set
UNICODE_FSS) )

Tom

> I've just converted FB1.5.4 to FB 2.1.
>
> It seems to be a problem in UPPER function.
>
> When I tried to select SELECT UPPER(DENUMIRE) … from a table I've got
> "Arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation. Cannot
> transliterate character between character sets"