Ian,

>> However, I can't access the case table from the command
>> line, which could prove to be a problem.

Try putting the tablename in uppercase and surrounded by double quotes
as in "CASE".

>> But I'm confused. I was confident that you couldn't access
>> tables and fields that became reserved words in dialect 1
>> database. But how does the BDE manage it?

Probably, by doing the above.

As an example, granted Dialect 3 I'm afraid, Firebird 2.1.3:

SQL> create table "CASE"(a numeric(5));
SQL> commit;

SQL> insert into case values (12345);
Statement failed, SQLCODE = -104
Dynamic SQL Error
-SQL error code = -104
-Token unknown - line 1, column 13
-case

SQL> insert into "CASE" values (12345);

SQL> commit;

SQL> select * from case;
Statement failed, SQLCODE = -104
Dynamic SQL Error
-SQL error code = -104
-Token unknown - line 1, column 15
-case

SQL> select * from "CASE";

A
============
12345

SQL> commit;


Cheers,
Norman.

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