At 18:10 08.02.2010, Alex Vulpe wrote: Unfortunately, you provide snippets only and not a complete project. Please see questions about details below. >DISQLite Personal version 2.2.0, Delphi 2007 > >table is created like this: > >FDB.Execute('create table test (ii integer, ss text)'); > >Some records are inserted like this: > >FDB.Execute('insert into test values (' + IntToStr(I) + ', ''' + FSt + ' ' + >IntToStr(I) + ''')'); What are your values of I and Fst? Does FSt contain an UTF-8 encoded string? Here is the FDB.Execute syntax: procedure TDISQLite3Database.Execute(const ASql: Utf8String); If in doubt, always its UnicodeString variant instead: procedure TDISQLite3Database.Execute16(const ASql: UnicodeString); >When I do: > >DISQLite3UniDirQuery1.Database := FDB; >DISQLite3UniDirQuery1.SelectSQL := 'select * from test'; >DISQLite3UniDirQuery1.Open; >DISQLite3UniDirQuery1.First; > >StW := DISQLite3UniDirQuery1.Fields[1].AsWideString; > >StW has extra 2 characters at the end. >The same problem with AsString. Both work fine here and are part of my regression test suite. >Do I do something wrong or it's a bug? Please try the advice given above. If it still does not produce the expected results, please send a full project (source code only!) which allows me to reproduce your problem. Ralf _______________________________________________ Delphi Inspiration mailing list yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa