helen,

I won my (internal) bet that you're right the end!

>>IBO 4.2Hf over here and still working properly with Firebird 1.0 to 1.5!
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> I should have said "with 1.5". Presumably you have your 1.5 servers
> configured with OldParameterOrdering true?

Yes :-)

Although I never made FB1.5 servers choke without this setting...

Greetings
Luc.