I suppose my databases only use ASCII, but may be I don?t understand exactly the problem. I read the file metadata_charset.txt, made a copy of one database, open a DOS window, and did the following:

First:

- 1. isql database.fdb
- 2. SQL> input 'metadata_charset_create.sql';
- 3. SQL> exit;

Then:

- 1. isql database.fdb
- 2. SQL> select * from rdb$check_metadata;
- 3. SQL> exit;

I saw a lot of lines on the screen mentioning objects of the database and ending with "<null>" but I didn?t see any exception.

I did the same with copies of other databases with the same result.

That means there is no need to do anything with the original databases?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitry Sibiryakov" <sd@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Installation, versions and aliases.conf


>> If you refer to the Installation Guide, when it says "If your databases contain text BLOBs storing non-ASCII data ...", then in my case I think this is not necessary because in my databases every BLOB field stores only text. Is this right what I am saying?
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> Not quite. Don't forget, that system tables also have BLOB fields.
> And "text" != "ascii".
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