At 12:35 AM 27/09/2006, you wrote:

>Martijn Tonies wrote:
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> > RDB$DB_KEY is fixed for the current transaction only.
> >

At 12:35 AM 27/09/2006, Ann wrote:

>There is an option to hold it for the duration of a transaction.

I think you meant to say "for the duration of a connection"...?

./heLen

>If it became a major issue, we could make RDB$DB_KEY stable with
>little performance impact, though it would leave eight bytes of
>lost space for every deleted record.
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>Regards,
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>Ann
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