>>>>> 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?

Ehm, why do we care about IBX? ;-)

T.

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