>>>> 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.

There was in your e-mail to the dbw-beta test list.

(reading it again)

Oh wait, that showed something different, my bad.

I wonder then, Thomas, can you reproduce this issue with the IBX components?


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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