Hello Helen,

>>> By the way, Firebird does complete boolean evaluation ?
>>
>> If I remember correctly: yes, since InterBase times.
>
> Firebird 1.0.x does but Firebird 1.5 does shortcut evaluation.
>
>> Maybe it's even in the SQL spec.? I also remember reading a thread
>> (in Firebird- devel?) about a new config option to turn complete
>> boolean evalution off.
>
> Default is shortcut: CompleteBooleanEvaluation has to be set to 1
> to disable shortcut.

Thanks for the info. Yet another good reason to upgrade to 1.5 !

Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog