Martijn Tonies wrote:

>>fyi:
>>
>> "create table Tables (\
>> tableName varchar (128) not null,\
>> schema varchar (128) not null,\
>>
>>
>
>
>Here I see two columns for a two-level namespace.
>
>What would be your reason for Firebird not having two columns, but
>a VARCHAR(256) column?
>
>
>

Backwards compatibility -- so existing joins between RDB$RELATIONS,
RDB$RELATION_FIELDS, and RDB$FIELDS continue to work. (This was
discussed earlier)

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