Thomas,

At 00:37 25/09/2008, you wrote:

>I get the following error message:
>
>ISC ERROR CODE:335544569
>
>ISC ERROR MESSAGE:
>Dynamic SQL Error
>SQL error code = -817
>Metadata update statement is not allowed by the current database SQL
>dialect 1
>
>STATEMENT:
>TIB_DSQL: "<TApplication>.frmSQL.frmScript.IB_Script.<TIB_DSQL>."
>
>
>Any ideas? I don't see the obvious problem, e.g. DATE is supported in
>dialect 1 ...

Nooooo, not in ODS 10 and higher database. Use TIMESTAMP.

Helen