At 01:41 PM 11-10-01 +0200, you wrote:

>At 12:24 2001-10-11 +0100, you wrote:
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> > > This is one of the main reasons why we will probably swutch to another
> > > database, e.g. SQL Server, etc. It will be a great pity, because I really
> > > like IB and the projects I have done on it run beautifully...
> >
> >1. I don't think SQL Server will allow you to do metadata changes on fly,
> >but please correct me if I am wrong. Certainly Sybase didn't.
>
>I am not 100% sure myself, but my wife works with it and says it can. Still
>need to investigate though...

Sure, SQL Server stored procedures are COOL. As long as they syntax-check OK, they get written out in interpreter code and the next user can invoke them straight away. They get precompiled "just-in-time" and any data integrity or validation errors and logic bugs will present themselves to the user for "in-line QA".

No thanks.

Helen

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