01.04.2011 10:47, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > Personally, I don't see problems with combining both approaches, i.e. > use the fast "versioning" mode for the a priori valid changes and > perform the explicit validation for possibly problematic changes. This > way we could easily allow altering string columns to shorter lengths, > altering strings to numerics, etc. Someone just needs to implement all > these checks :-)
May I suggest to add non-standard optional clause NOVALIDATE for users who are sure that validation is unnecessary and want to save time on commit?.. -- SY, SD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel