Re: [Firebird-devel] Record Encoding

2013-09-06 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 5-9-2013 16:45, Jim Starkey wrote: > The keys to reducing round trips are to bundle metadata with data to > eliminate the need for "info" trips and, most importantly, to batch > record retrievals and batch inserts into single large packets. Sending a > MB worth of records is obviously a great wi

[Firebird-devel] [FB-Tracker] Created: (CORE-4210) Preserve comments for output parameters after altering procedures

2013-09-06 Thread Vladimir Arkhipov (JIRA)
Preserve comments for output parameters after altering procedures - Key: CORE-4210 URL: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4210 Project: Firebird Core Issue Type: Bug

Re: [Firebird-devel] Record Encoding

2013-09-06 Thread Alex Peshkoff
On 09/05/13 18:45, Jim Starkey wrote: > On 9/5/2013 4:28 AM, Alex Peshkoff wrote: >> On 09/04/13 18:11, Jim Starkey wrote: >> >>> So here's another seriously heretical thought. If you're planning for >>> Firebird to hang around another 27 years, it's time to define a modern >>> OO API that is easy

Re: [Firebird-devel] Complex String Decoding

2013-09-06 Thread Jim Starkey
No parsing technique can by itself resolve ambiguous grammars. Some sort of locale or preference setting is required. That said, the pattern rule hash table initialization code should throw an exception if it detects an over loaded pattern. On Sep 6, 2013, at 2:54 AM, Kjell Rilbe wrote: >

Re: [Firebird-devel] Complex String Decoding

2013-09-06 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 05/09/13 23:29, Jim Starkey wrote: > A couple of folks asked, so here it is. Thanks very much. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767 --