> >Can RDB$_DB_KEY be used as a method to determine if a record has been
> >modified?
> >
> >Under SQLBase and Oracle they have what is called a ROWID, this ROWID

gets a

> >new value everytime time the record is modified.
> >It has the capabilities as the RDB$_DB_KEY, a way to locate, update or
> >delete a record.
>
> No, the RDB$DB_KEY is fixed for the life of the record.

What happened with 'valid for the current transaction only'?

Martijn Tonies
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