At 11:04 PM 15/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>This declaration
>
>ttable.field1.text := ttable2.field1.text
>
>post empty string in the database but the value of field1 is null
>
>is correct?
>
>i use delphi 5, firebird 1.03 and ibo 4

You are using ttable with IBO 4?

IBOTable1.FieldByName('Field1').AsString :=
IBOTable2.FieldByName('Field1').AsString;

Helen