Hello,

using Firebird 2.1.1.17910.0 on Gentoo Linux I get an error I didn't
ever see before: if I call ISQL using charset UTF8, the
statement "show table xxx" is correctly executed, but it ends with

Statement failed, SQLCODE = -802
arithmetic exception, numeric overflow, or string truncation
Command error: show table country

This happens for databases with default character set UTF8 or
ISO8859_1. It doesn't happen for the same databases, if I connect
using charset ISO8859_1. But UTF8 is my system charset, so it
certainly doesn't make sense to use ISQL with connection charset
ISO8859_1, if the database has default character set UTF8.

My metadata don't contain any non-ASCII characters.

Other statements are executed correctly and without unexpected error
messages, including "show view xxx" or "show trigger xxx".

What's happening here?

Thank you,
Herta