Hi,

> > > > >Does Firebird offer support for schemas?
> > > >
> > > > Not yet.
> > > >
> > > > >If not, can someone join tables from different databases?
> > > >
> > > > No.
> > > >
> > > > ./heLen
> > > >
> > >
> > > Does that "not yet" answer leaves open a glimpse of hope that it could
> > > be implemented in the future? any thoughts on this?
> >
> > Yes, that's what it means.
> >
> > Do note, however, that "schemas" are something completely different
> > than joining tables from different databases.
> >
> >
> I'm well aware what schemas are and what they do, at least in Oracle.

"Schema" and "database" are different in Oracle as well. I think that with
Firebird, Schemas are most to be compared with the schemas in MS SQL
Server 2005.

> Do you by any chance have any indication as to when this feature could
> be implemented?

I don't do the Firebird project planning, Helen mentioned Fb 2.5.

>By the way, I'm a licensed user of your Workbench
> product, a product that I find extremely productive, I totally
> recommend it.

Thank you, that's good to hear :-)

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