Martijn Tonies wrote:

>>>News for you :-)
>>>
>>>If you add a required column (not NULL) to a table with existing data,
>>>and include a default for that column, you'll get this behaviour.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You're kidding? When did that happen? Did anyone actually think about
>>it first?
>
>
> IB6, I think ... I guess there was some thought given to the idea, at least
> to make databases restorable.
>

No. It was done by firebird project, but I don't remember exactly, by
who and when.