> what your “hint” can do what you can not do with normal selects, execute > block in normal > database?
>>> AFAIU, he can pass filter condition to his external data access engine >>> and thus limit >>>>transferred data amount, use indices about which Firebird has no idea, >>>>etc. >>>-- >>> WBR, SD. Filtering is the main feature of SQL - and about what indexes you are talking about? FB know about all indexes. An we have execute block feature where we can do whatever we want.. Give me one real example wchich can not be acomplished with db but can be with this "Hint" feature Regards, Karol Bieniaszewski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
