diff --git a/src/databases/firebird_manip.php b/src/databases/firebird_manip.php
index cd62546..a931004 100644
--- a/src/databases/firebird_manip.php
+++ b/src/databases/firebird_manip.php
@@ -19,9 +19,62 @@
  */
 class firebird_manip extends db_manip{
 
+	/**
+	 * Convienience function to generate sql for creating a db table
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $name 
+	 * @param array $fields
+	 * @param array $constraints=array()
+	 * @param array $indexes=array()
+	 * 
+	 * @return string
+	 */
 	function create_table($name, $fields, $constraints=array(), $indexes=array())
 	{
-		$sql = "CREATE TABLE {$name}";
+		$column_array = array();
+		
+		// Reorganize into an array indexed with column information
+		// Eg $column_array[$colname] = array(
+		// 		'type' => ...,
+		// 		'constraint' => ...,
+		// 		'index' => ...,
+		// )
+		foreach($columns as $colname => $type)
+		{
+			if(is_numeric($colname))
+			{
+				$colname = $type;
+			}
+
+			$column_array[$colname] = array();
+			$column_array[$colname]['type'] = ($type !== $colname) ? $type : '';
+		}
+
+		if( ! empty($constraints))
+		{
+			foreach($constraints as $col => $const)
+			{
+				$column_array[$col]['constraint'] = $const;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Join column definitons together 
+		$columns = array();
+		foreach($column_array as $n => $props)
+		{
+			$str = "{$n} ";
+			$str .= (isset($props['type'])) ? "{$props['type']}" : "";
+			$str .= (isset($props['constraint'])) ? "{$props['constraint']} " : "";
+
+			$columns[] = $str;
+		}
+
+		// Generate the sql for the creation of the table
+		$sql = "CREATE TABLE \"{$name}\" (";
+		$sql .= implode(",", $columns);
+		$sql .= ")";
+
+		return $sql;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/databases/firebird.php b/tests/databases/firebird.php
index fecd5f5..723fd44 100644
--- a/tests/databases/firebird.php
+++ b/tests/databases/firebird.php
@@ -36,4 +36,14 @@ class FirebirdTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	{
 		$this->assertIsA($this->db, 'Firebird');
 	}
+
+	function TestCreateDatabase()
+	{
+		
+	}
+
+	function TestDeleteDatabase()
+	{
+		
+	}
 }
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