Hi Huan, On 13/09/13 03:00, Huan Ruan wrote:
> Is this right? Is there anything I'm missing? We didn't get very far > digging around in the source code. Are you aware that the character data in a row is compressed? See here for details http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/reference_material/html/fbint-page-5.html. That page also has details of how NULLs are represented. That entire manual (which is currently still undergoing work) can be downloaded as a pdf from http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/reference_material/Firebird-Internals.pdf. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel