> -----Original Message-----
> From: Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jim Starkey

> >
> Yes, Claudio, what I'm saying is that if the following sequence works:
>
> create table "hungry"."wolf" (claudio int);
> insert into "hungry.wolf" (claudio) values(-1);
>
> the earth won't spin off its axis, the tides will still flow and ebb,
> and harmony can still reign.

Jim, everyone agrees that you solution is simple and doesn't need one year
of work.

However, really trying to convince me that such mess (the example given
above) is elegant is rather hard task.

What strikes me here (and I'm not trying to be funny) is that you are the
guardian of the tradition, the keeper of the OSRI manual and the
self-appointed architect. You taught us to not hack the code, to think twice
before going for a solution, to not do changes that will be regretted later.
However, you are offering now an ugly hack to implement a feature just for
having less work. I think this is unacceptable.

Sincerely: why don't you make a list of all changes that need to be done to
implement the feature in a more decent way instead? True, it won't be coded
this weekend, but after FB3 merging is complete, with your guidance, people
will start working on it even if 70 files have to be changed. And it will be
extensible, elegant and unambiguous.

C.