> I am attempting to write code which will generate DDL for table
> creation. I am executing a query against the RD$ metadata tables in
> order to extract the needed table definition data.
> One of the columns returned, RDB$DEFAULT_VALUE is of type Blob. I need
> to get at the content of this column, but when I access the data using
> the AsString method (IBX Components, Delphi 7), I get back what
> amounts to binary data of some sort.
> Can anybody point me in the right direction?

RDB$DEFAULT_SOURCE

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