> > The general impression from my side of it, as a rather novice FB
> > user, is that "the FB people" are more interested in defending FB
> > than trying to help.
>
> Sorry if that is the general impression, I do want to defend Firebird
> because I like the database, but the primary aim should always be
> trying to help the persons experiencing problems. And I have seen
> sides of Fb that I've never thought of or experienced before through
> this thread.
>
> And I understand Alan. It is not rare that people having problems are
> having those problems because they do stupid things. I don't suspect
> that being the case here, but questioning typos may reveal the
> problem, even though it sounds harsh when the problem lies elsewhere.
>
> Set
>

thank you Set,
I'm also just a little cagey about people when they try so hard to not give
the full picture. He's trying hard to not tell us what the comparison
database is - somtimes that reveals straight away what the issue is. He's
trying very hard to abbreviate what he is doing becuase he thinks he is
giving us what matters, when most of the time, what is causing the problem
is something people are unwilling to consider as an issue and by leaving it
out they are able to go on arguing that there's a problem when there isn't.
Alan