On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:41:39 +0100, "Paul Beach" <pbe...@ibphoenix.com>
wrote:
>> I have no idea what to do (well, actually I have a very easy and good
>> one, you know, it's to wipe dialect 1/2). I'd hate to split a single
>> field in two to support something which should be removed +10 years
ago.
> 
> <<Dialect 1/2 logic was for supporting migration of interbase 5 to
> firebird 1.0
> I hope that clients had the time to migrate>>
> 
> They haven't....

Don't you mean: they didn't use that time ;)

IMHO: Dropping dialect 1 and 2 should be done with Firebird 3. People
still depending on dialect 1 will then be stuck on Firebird 2.5 until they
migrate to dialect 3. I think that is a better option than keep dragging
support for legacy compatibility.

Mark

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