> -----Original Message-----
> The policy of ANSI and ISO is that their standards are
> copyrighted material and are distributed by them for the
> benefit of their organizations.

I will forget I saw the previous link then :-) honestly!!

> Until recently, that meant that anyone who wanted a copy of
> the SQL standard had to pay over $1000 - about $200 per book
> times many books. Now you can purchase the right to download
> their PDF's.

TBH I could only find places when I searched for download with $$ payments,
strikes me as kind of funny to have a standard that you can only stick to
*IF* you pay a company for them. It's a good job the RFC's haven't gone
down the same road.

Rgds

Si Carter
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