> > > Third, v1.5.3 will contain a number of fixes (19 right now), the
> > > majority of which are fixes which have been backported from the v2.0
> > > codebase.
> >=20

I assume that this is the list of fixes for 1.5.3:
* v1.5.3
**************

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Lost charset/collation for local PSQL variables causing string
conversion errors.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Server crashes during database shutdown when there are active DDL
operations.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed bug SF #1110717.
Wrong charset of subquery in VIEWs.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed bug SF #1106825.
Access Violation in fcblient.dll v1.5.2 on disconnecting.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Server crashes while performing a metadata scan for complex table.

Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Database corruption due to pre-triggers (e.g. record is deleted in
BEFORE UPDATE trigger).
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
User savepoints are not released when commit retaining is issued.

Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Backport isql fixes:
Another fix for the -b (Bail On Error) option when SQL commands are
issued
and no db connection exists yet.
Apply Miroslav Penchev's patch for bug with -Q always returning 1
to the
operating system, discovered by Ivan Prenosil.
Contributor(s):
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Computed column of blob/array type zeroes the first column of the
table being restored.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Server crashed in some cases of the BLOB filter declaration.
Contributor(s):
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed v1.5.0 bug.
Server locked up after unsuccessful attach to security.fdb.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Conflict between single-line comments and block ones in ISQL.
Contributor(s):
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Bug in AddMonth() UDF when facing January.
Contributor(s):
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed bug SF #1124720.
Problem with "FOR EXECUTE STATEMENT ... DO SUSPEND".
Contributor(s):
Alex Peshkov <peshkoff at mail.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Bugchecks on AMD64 (and possibly other platforms) when database was
migrated without backup/restore.
Contributor(s):
Nickolay Samofatov <nickolay at broadviewsoftware.com>

* ISQL improvement:
Command line switch -b to bail out on error when used in
non-interactive mode.
Also, return an error code to the operating system.
Contributor(s):
Damyan Ivanov <divanov at creditreform.bg>
Claudio Valderrama <cvalde at usa.net>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Server crashed during some DDL operations.
Contributor(s):
Alex Peshkov <peshkoff at mail.ru>

* Fixed unregistered bug.
Issues with descending indices used in referential constraints.
Contributor(s):
Alex Peshkov <peshkoff at mail.ru>

* Fixed v1.5.1 bug.
Generators were garbage-initialized after metadata-only
backup/restore.
Contributor(s):
Dmitry Yemanov <yemanov at yandex.ru>



It's great to see all these fixes being backported into 1.5, but
unfortunately, none of them fix the problems that I listed.

I was REALLY hoping to see at least the VIEW coercion with UNION's issue
backported and possible some type of speed increase for table scans.


But I'm sure that these fixes will help many FB users.

Is it at all possible to get the VIEW coercion with UNION's back ported to
1.5.2?



Thanks,
Bupp