Hi Tim, again :)

> Not only that, but in some dbms's (Sybase, for example) you can comment

you

> sps line for line, as you would comment code, so that other people can
> understand what is going on. This isn't a description field - this is held
> in the metadata itself, as in - line comments are in code.

Note that when writing SPs, this is possible -

CREATE PROCEDURE ... stuff ...

AS
BEGIN
/* check input param */
if (myparam is null)
then myparam = 0;
/* fetch order ID nr */
etc etc...


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com