At 11:16 PM 30/01/2008, you wrote:

>???
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Uwe Grauer
><uwemailmeister@...> wrote:
>>
>> crizoo4712 wrote:
>> > is there something like select dump(<fieldname>) from ..
>> > like in oracle?
>> > regards, christoph
>>
>> http://fbexport.sourceforge.net/
>>

He means there's a third-party utility than can do what that utility call in Oracle does.

But you can do the equivalent in isql:

SQL> output c:\dummy\test1.opt;
SQL> select person_id, surname from person;
SQL> output;
SQL> shell;
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

c:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin>type c:\dummy\test1.opt

[.......................]
exit
SQL>

./heLen