--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Nikolaus Kern wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> I have upgraded from 2.1 to 2.5 today and have noticed a different
> handling of special german character (ä,ö, ü etc.)
>
> If a trigger contains these characters in comments or assignment of
> values it cannot be saved.
>
> cTEXT = 'Baustelle wird überprüft';
> /* Alle Felder werden auf Änderungen ueberprueft */
>
> Both lines fail with the same error msg:
>
> Unsuccessful metadata update.
> MODIFY TRIGGER failed.
> Malformed string.
>
> SQL Code: -607
> IB Error Number: 335544351

What is character set of connection which creates\alters trigger ?

> Question: is this related to the character setting of the DB?

No

Regards,
Vlad