Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the following ISQL behavior:

SQL> select rdb$db_key, substring(rdb$db_key from 1 for 8)
CON> from rdb$database;

DB_KEY SUBSTRING
================ ================

0000000100000001 0100000001000000


Does db_key get some special treatment? What is the real order of
bytes in that field?

Also, does anyone know why is RDB$ stripped from the column name?

Thanks,

Milan Babuskov
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