Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] Re: External Engines (and Plugins)
Author Alex Peshkov
On Wednesday 25 June 2008 12:05, Vlad Khorsun wrote:

> This is not SQL-language interface. This is C++ interface. Any
> plugin\external engine will implement its own user-friendly wrapper on the
> top of this interface to use with target programming environment. And in
> this wrapper they may use any number for low index bound.
>
> I don't know on which SQL traditions you reffers above. Am i SQL newby ?
> :)

GROUP BY 1,3,4
ALTER TABLE table ALTER COLUMN column_name POSITION integer

> Why should we ugly our own interface because of some suspicious
> traditions ??? I guess our own traditions must be closer for us (remember
> XSQLDA ? ;)

Yes, I remember this wonderful :))) beast. If you want to say that XSQLDA is
ideal wonderful interface design, sorry - I disagree.
And also I remember how had to rework diagnostics in ExecStatement to make
column numbers be 1-based.