Daniel Rail wrote:

>Apparently, the SQL-2003 standards seems to agree with Jim. There is
>a 500 page document that outlines how the external data should be
>managed(SQL/MED ISO/IEC 9075-9:2003). The document talks about
>Foreign-Data Wrappers, what its API should look like, the metadata
>information, etc...
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You're kidding, I hope. OK, I'm going to reconsider everything I said.
I must have answered too hastily, missed some important consideration,
was suffering some sort of brain fade, or all of the above.

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