Helen wrote:

> At 08:52 PM 21/12/2006, you wrote:
> >Wow, that's a really lovely result.
> >
> >I'll have a looky look.
> >
> >When was this type of query acceptable
> >as I don't recall ever using that
> >kind of a FROM clause before.
>
> It's a new SQL Language feature in Firebird 2 -
> known as Derived Tables. See page 23 of the
> release notes (page 33 if you are following
> Adobe page enumeration).

I must of tried to ignore it...

It must have scared me...

But, I'm sure the day will come when I thank Arno, long after I have
encorporated it into IBO's "smarts".

Jason Wharton