At 10:34 AM 12/1/2004, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:

>"Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...> wrote:
> >
> > 2) that the definitions of temporary tables are visible
> > to all attachments, and
>
>Except LTTs in terms of some guys here.

Does anybody seriously want to make an argument that SQL
standard modules have anything to do with Firebird?

> > why do we need temporary tables at all?
>
>Because we need a powerful fast feature instead of a workaround.

But is the feature either powerful or fast? I think not.
What people coming from Sybase/MSSQL want are not what the
standard calls "temporary tables." We can do that, but
we shouldn't pretend that using the language of the standard
makes a non-standard feature standard-compliant.


Regards,


Ann