Martijn, >>>> P.S. This discussion is purely theoretical as compatibility has already >>>> been restored in the meantime. >>> >>> I never said a properly written application could be affected, I said >>> something >>> has clearly changed as existing applications suddenly return the wrong >>> result. >> >> A change that only affects poorly written applications, which could not >> work correctly in the first place, is not an appropriate "straw man" for >> any argument. > > Exactly why do current applications work then? What is different now? > > I've just checked the IBX components source, for example, and it explicitly > checks > for null before asking for data. > > Doesn't isql do the same? Thomas' first e-mail showed the isql prompt with > SHOW DOMAIN command
The isql session created only the domains. There was no SHOW DOMAIN command there. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel