At 05:34 PM 28-06-00 -0400, you wrote:

>Guys, don't even think about it. The engine is the wrong place
>for at least a million reasons. Believe me, parsing stuff is
>simple and cheap. Pick a SQL parser from almost anywhere in
>the product set and go at it. But, please, don't crud up the
>engine with stuff that virtually nothing to do with its job.
>
>Jim Starkey

Amen to that!

Have you guys used Marathon? I bet you will find it is all you want and more.

Helen
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