From: "Jochem van Dieten" > > Why is this? > > Because the SQL standard says so.
A true observation, but still no explanation or reason why ;-P MySQL doesn't follow the standard in every situation, so that's not an excuse... (no offense!) There must be a good reason other than "because our ancestors always did it this way". Regards, Jigal. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]