> Is there any plan to allow code written in object oriented languages to link
> into Firebirds engine? I am not referring to UDF's. I am referring to code that
> can work directly with the tables and pass objects around.
>
> I am thinking mainly of delphi.
> Maybe to be able to embed in triggers and stored procs.
>
> I have some vague recollection that MSSQL allows C# to be run by the engine
> itself.
>
> Is this stuff in the pipeline for Firebird?

Yes, it is.

The feature is broadly described as "External Procedures, Triggers and Functions".

Work is proceeding to include them in v3.0. Some (much ?) of the work has already been completed and checked-in and is available via snapshot builds.


Sean