>> The other day some book recommends (weird sybase consultant) to avoid
>> Triggers ,
>> I don't know for me in interbase/firebird seems natural to use them
>> and i didn't have any issues with them
>> I fact i can't imagine life without triggers or views or transactions.
>> Anyone knows when they were introduced in interbase?
>
> Triggers, views, and transactions were part of InterBase V1.0 - circa
> 1985. Views did not include group by or outer joins. From the start
> InterBase had multiple triggers per time/action (e.g before insert)
> and a sequence number to order them.

Which is *still* outstanding compared to other (commercial) DBMS
products. ;-)



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