Hi,

SUBSTRING is already integrated (I suppose), UPPER also working.
What about trim,upper,lower - I don't know, but string manipulation
consistent with SQL92 should be integrated,am I wrong ?


Boguslaw Brandys

Dnia Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:52:33 +0200, Steffen Heil <lists@...>
napisał:

> Hi
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>> Somebody knows why the common UDF are not included inside the server
> engine?. I know is good that the functions are extendible, but if they
> are
> so commonly used, why not leave them inside the server already like
> Sysbase
> or MS SQL server do so???. How about a CRC function?
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> Because it is simply not needed. Other servers do usually not have
> mechanisms like UDFs. For firebird, there is no (or at least) only a very
> cheap overhead for having these functions as UDFs. Why should there be
> anything more integrated into the core engine, as absolutely required?
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> Anyway, I am not in the designer team of firebird. Maybe someone of them
> might answer more.
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
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Bogusław Brandys