> Much better would be if engine ask the plugin for list of provided > routines and don't > require the registration at all. But this creates an egg-and-chicken
Sometimes the plugin does not know that in advance. So I suppose the registration is still a valid path. > problem: how to find > the plugin. Loading of all libraries in plugin directory would be a > security problem. True. Although the plugins.conf can have a switch for "pre-loading". -- Mgr. Jiří Činčura https://www.tabsoverspaces.com/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel