> Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>>> The SQL committee not-with-standing, almost every serious designer
>>> having contemplated the runtime and permission problems has decided that
>>> TRUNCATE is a DDL, not DML, operation.
>>>
>>
>> Agree. Note, we already agreed to implement TRUNCATE as DDL.
>>
>>
>
> If I can make a meta-recommendation, the Firebird project will be well
> served if decisions were not made until the discussion was finished.
> Racing to see who can first declare a winner is the kind of
> organizational stupidity that leads to things like George Bush and John
> McCain. I know that everyone out there is smarter, more experienced,
> and more knowledgeable than I am, but I often find that other people
> have noticed subtleties or contradictions that I have missed.
> Open technical discussion is a very good thing. Rushing to close it off
> leads to folly and things like MySQL.

Hmm... not sure i understand you correct. I thought you told than TRUNCATE is more DDL
than DML and you don't object if it will be guarded by some access privileges. Both points was
agreed with all other participants. Nobody closed the discussion ;)

So, if you have what to add i (we) will listen with pleasure, as usual.

Regards,
Vlad