Thomas,

> Thanks all for the info. I went to go request this as an enhancement
> and see that it was
> requested 2 years ago. Is CREATE|DROP|ALTER USER part of the SQL 92
> standard?

Standard? I don't know for sure, but as with other vendors, nothing
stops us from doing it.

> I don't know if there is a way to vote for features, but I am a firm
> believer in being
> able to control the database through SQL, not the API.

Voting for features is anticipated, but at the moment Firebird is
focused on the v1.5 release. v1.5 is intended to keep the v1.0 feature
while moving from C to C++. The addition of new features, etc. is
really expected to take off once v1.5 has been completed.

> While I am on the subject of security, has there been any thought to
> creating a special
> system role that can back up the database, but nothing else?

The whole issue of security/roles/rights has been discussed/mentioned a
number of times. In general, it has been 'put off' until the overall
code base has been improved.

> And last, what if you find bugs reported that appear to be
> fixed. There is a bug
> reported with UNION in VIEWS and we aren't having any
> problems with them.

Could you please test the examples and provide confirmation that the
bug(s) has been fixed (please quote the SF ID # in your confirmation
message).


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Sean Leyne

There is nothing wrong with Interbase,
that can't be fixed with Firebird.
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