13.04.2011 11:45, Geoff Worboys wrote: > More seriously. Yes I know there are important security > considerations BUT I thought perhaps people were overlooking > what I see as the biggest potential advantage of the request. > Just because it is a risk does not take away the potential > for advantage.
And what this advantage is? End-user application are usually written to work with certain DB. Connection to any different DB will crash them. And even if DB structure by coincidence fits an expected one, results of user's work can be unexpected. Say, I have two similar DB on server: production one and development one. User in application sees two databases and have the choice - which database to connect to. In the best case I would expect complaints "I have been working hard for two days, but all data are lost". So, such registration is useless for end users. Developers already have all their databases registered in IBExpert/Flame Robin/etc. Besides, their databases can be on different servers. So this feature is useless for them too. -- SY, SD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
