> Woody wrote:
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> >> SELECT CURRENT_DATE FROM RDB$DATABASE
> ...
> Although this is the solution most of us probably use, on the Borland

side,

> they are advising creating your own table with one record to do this with.
> The reasoning is that the RDB$DATABASE table may not exist in future
> versions or may be changed to hold more than one record. Relying on it in
> it's current state may be detrimental to using newer versions of

Interbase.

> I don't know if there is any speculation about this on the Firebird side,
> though.
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>
>
> How many applications do they want to break?

That's a question they won't answer. <g>

Woody (TMW)

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."
-Steve Wozniak