I agree, Kevin.
Making procedures � la MS was one of my ideas, but I never reserved time to
write some of the most basic that are needed.
If we want more powerful things to be done, somewhere in the future IB's
sprocs must have some support to cope with metadata, namely, create table,
alter view, etc.
For starting, there're four "system views" proposed on LangRef, chapter
"system tables and views", at the end of that chapter.
Do you remember Brad Silverberg? He had an important position at Borland
several years ago and he went to Microsoft (where he shined) but he resigned
latest year to dedicate his time to launch new companies and explore new
fields. May this IB issue attract him in any way?, I wonder.

C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Lawrence [mailto:kevin@...]
Sent: Domingo 16 de Enero de 2000 1:44
To: IBDI@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [IBDI] QLI and ancient IB language


From: "Kevin Lawrence" <kevin@...>


These "manipulate the meta-data" activities seem well suited to a set of
"system" stored procedures - as can be found in other database products.
Actually, one of my "wish-list" entries for IB OSS (hey is IBoss a
marketable name?) is a set of standard system views and stored procedures
(for things such as changing an object owner, column size, etc).

Kevin




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