At 16:45 4/10/2008, you wrote:

>looks like parts of my messages are being stripped., the bat file command did not show.
>
>This is the error I get when the create statement below is run in an sql file, executed from a bat file.
>
>Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 28000

This seems to tell us that you are trying to run the Firebird 2.5 Alpha build, or one of the Vulcan builds...what have you not mentioned? Have you actually checked what is installed and running on these servers where the problem is observed?

./heLen