Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 9:35:55 AM, I wrote:

> 1. 'SQLSTATE = m' is not a valid error message in Firebird. You should
> be seeing a 5-character alphanumeric code where the 'm' is. Other
> DBMS's use the same name for their SQL command-line apps so make sure
> you are running isql from the same location as the binary.

I forgot to remind you to preface the isql command with dot-slash if
you're running it from the binary directory. If you don't, you're
going to get MySQL's isql regardless.

H.