Hi,
I made a silly typo: Joerg Bruehe wrote: > [[...]] > > So allowing placeholders (variables) for identifiers (table, column, and > other database object names) would block (future) optimization. > > That is (probably) the reason why the SQL standard also does not allow > this. ^^^ I of course wanted to refer to ISO, ANSI, NIST and other standardizing bodies, not to the specific product. Sorry for any confusion I may have created! Jörg -- Joerg Bruehe, MySQL Build Team, joerg.bru...@sun.com Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering Muenchen: HRB161028 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org