Re: [Firebird-docs] Firebird internals - NULL mask

2011-04-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Boris, On 04/04/11 19:08, [email protected] wrote: > I have (maybe silly) question about NULL mask. There are no silly questions! > First record NULL mask (Dpg_offset was 0x0FE0): > 01 FC FD 00 (FC 00 00 00) - OK, > Second record NULL mask: > 01 FE FD 00 (FE 00 00 00) - OK > Third record

Re: [Firebird-docs] Introduction.

2011-04-04 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 04/04/11 18:21, Steve Summers wrote: > Hi. I'm Steve Summers. Hi Steve, I'm Norman Dunbar. > What I can do pretty well is proofread and edit "Standard Written English". Yay! Just waht *I* need and English is (sort of) my first language! > I'm told that most of the people on this list are writi

[Firebird-docs] Firebird internals - NULL mask

2011-04-04 Thread [email protected]
I have (maybe silly) question about NULL mask. I write a Delphi program (for my study) related to Firebird 2.1.3 ODS. After examining Firebird internals and some posts on firebird-devel, I've done some tests. I have a table named TEST with two fields TEST1 char(10) and TEST2 char(10). I've insert

[Firebird-docs] Introduction.

2011-04-04 Thread Steve Summers
Hi. I'm Steve Summers. If my name sounds familiar, it's because I happen to be Vice President of the Firebird Foundation - which means my primary "management role" in the Firebird project is to hope like crazy that our current, very able president, Philippe Makowski, doesn't get hit by a bus. I'm