>
> >FireBird 1.0 will be incompatible with Borland's IB anyway -
> >if FB will support SELECT TOP, any application that uses such

syntax will

> >not work with IB. Also FB's backup with SELECT TOP in procedure or

trigger

> >will not be restorable with Borland's IB.
>
> Actually that's not the case. You couldn't extract the metadata and
> recreate the database with ISQL, but backup doesn't use the

procedure

> source. It uses BLR and there won't be any BLR changes.

How is this TOP function implemented then?

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