Subject Re: [firebird-support] rdb$_external_length question
Author Helen Borrie
At 10:18 PM 2/02/2011, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Currently using rdb$field_length but for e.g. varchar(40) it returns
>"160" in a UTF8 database, would the above return "40"?

No - it is only used for external tables. The column you want is rdb$fields.rdb$character_length.

>As of what version is the above available?

All of Firebird's life. ;-)

./heLen