Philip,

u> Speaking of which ... how easily can you get access to GDML these days

AFAIK the only human interface left is the QLI command line tool.

u> does is suffer from fewer problems than sql (aliases, inability to
u> nest certain types of select statements, etc.)

It surely lets you use everything the underlying BLR features.

u> and how easy is it to add entirely new languages?

There's a thread in Firebird-Architect going on about just that.

Ciao
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