Subject Re: Database corruption after alter table
Author Alexander V.Nevsky
--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ivan Prenosil" <prenosil@m...>
wrote:
> There is not any bug. If the column is defined as not-null,
> then null-indicator is not cleared anywhere, it just is not used on
client at all
> (which makes sense to me).
> If your client needs to indicate nulls in such logically corrupted
database,
> then just ask for it in XSQLDA (by setting the lowest bit in
SQLTYPE).

Ivan, personally I incline to treat feature which mask from client's
Select statements real situation with data as bug caused by superfluos
optimization. Most of developers and tools works not on API level.

Best regards, Alexander.