Hi Daniel

While I believe that FB should continue to keep up to date with the latest
SQL standards, I also appreciate that there is a cost to do so & in most
cases there are 3rd parties that provide these facilities under various
licences (free ware, shareware Open source, or "heaven forbid" at a cost!
[only joking, I have no problem paying for commercial software {as long as
it isn't to M$!}])

As you may have seen, I have had responses from Tim Stowe & it looks like I
can get the job done with minimum cost.

Thanks guys I have enough information now.

Regards

Ken A Galbraith

PS: I think the FB (& Vulcan) developer(s) are doing a fantastic job & I am
looking forward to a long relationship with the project & hope at some time
in the future I can contribute to this fantastic project, which IMHO needs
to include as a minimum, compliance with the latest SQL standard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Rail [mailto:daniel@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2004 1:05 AM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Importing Data to Firebird
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> Hi,
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> At October 26, 2004, 10:36, Ken Galbraith wrote:
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> > Just as an aside, I believe the SQL standard should include CSV type
> files
> > as external files as well as the current fixed length field files for
> > reasons which must be obvious to you all.
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> It has been added as part of SQL-2003 standard(as managed external
> data), but it doesn't mean that it will be top priority to be
> implemented in Firebird, unless someone implements it or finances the
> development. And, I think that what is supported as external files in
> Firebird wasn't part of the SQL standard at the time, when it was
> implemented under Interbase.
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> > Any information on utilities available, which would make my task easier
> > would be appreciated.
>
> Start by looking here for import utilities:
> http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_mig_tools
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> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel Rail
> Senior System Engineer
> ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
> ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)
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