> We need to propose a way to use the new SQLDA version only if one
> requested it.

Agree. That is not that hard, since we have to specify the version
already. If we pass 1 - old XSQLDA is used, 2 - new one.

> If not, and a long identifier is sent to the client, an exception should
> be throw.

That's the only possibility I see...

> We greater field length in SQLDA to:
> - Replace broken UNICODE_FSS by UTF8 in system tables
> - Increase identifier length

And I'd like to sqlschema in XSQLVARs, so that we won't change the thing
in the future.

> We also need a way to pass strings of unknown length.

Isn't that limitation of the remote protocol handler?

Roman