Clay Shannon wrote:

> Will the Real Programmer please stand up?
>
> Real programmers don't tell other programmers they're not real
> programmers.
>
> Get real.
>
> Or better yet, reel-to-reel.
>
> Clay Shannon,
> Dimension 4 Software
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason Dodson
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 2:29 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Re: Problem with quotes
>
> I think it would be more correct in saying that a "real" programmer
> wouldn't
> be
> doing this at all.
>
> Jason
>
> Ali Gökçen wrote:
> > However, real programmers do this: ;)
> >
> > CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_NOVA_SIFRA_GEN(GEN VARCHAR(50))
> > RETURNS (SIF BIGINT)
> > AS
> > begin
> >
> > execute statement 'select gen_id('||GEN||',1) from rdb$database'
> > into :SIF;
> >
> > if(SIF is not null) then suspend;
> >
> > WHEN SQLCODE -104 DO
> > begin
> > execute statement 'CREATE GENERATOR '||GEN;
> > execute statement 'select gen_id('||GEN||',1) from rdb$database'
> > into :SIF;
> > SUSPEND;
> > end
> >
> > end
> >
> > Don't forget, if more than one user call this proc at the same time
> > and there is no GEN named GENERATOR, FB will throw an exception
> > because of DUPLICATE Generator name creation. You should commit
> > the transaction ASAP if SIF returns as 1.
> >
> > Regards.
> > Ali
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "miki_avramovic"
> > <miki.avramovic@g...> wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks a lot Ali Gökçen!
> >>It works correct!
> >>
> >>With Best Regards!
> >>Miki A

I really don't think Ali meant this maliciously - maybe just bad humor.
Can we move on.
Thx
Sam