> Posting this question to ib_support could get a more reliable
> answer to this part of the question :-)

Will do.

> IBO will accept a non-parameterised literal string with the
> identifier, e.g.
>
> insert into category (categorycode, title, test_iso)
> values ('ZZq', 'k', _ISO8859_1 'ü')
>
> but this doesn't work:
>
> insert into category (categorycode, title, test_iso)
> values ('ZZq', 'k', _ISO8859_1 :AParam)
>

How can I form a SQL line with a widestring value when the SQL
property is a TStrings descendant and does not appear to support
Unicode text?

> Perhaps you could experiment with the ::SQL:: marker infix that

tells IBO not to parse -

Will try this once I get the above figured out.

Thx for your ideas and suggestions.

Regards
Ray