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Keith G. Chuvala (TeamB) wrote:
> When working at
> home or on my laptop, I kept a model of key tables in a local Interbase
> database and could mimic most everything I needed from my production
> environment simply by changing a single global property (the name of the
> database to open).
> 
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That is the kind of role I had in mind:  simulating my clients' production 
environment in order to test VDB apps.  I have never been clear on exactly 
what the Interbase product was about.  Just a couple of supplementary 
_dumb_ questions, if I may:

1.  Is it intended as a lowest-common-denominator SQL database?  That is, 
could an Interbase table be read by any/most other RDBMS?

2.  What do you mean by "a model of key tables"?  Just the structure, or, a 
subset of a database _small_ enough to brought into the development 
environment?


> Multi-member tables were another story, but they're problematic for
> ODBC anyway, so I already had logical files (akin to SQL views) set up on the
> AS/400 for those situations.
> 
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Could you comment a bit more on this 'problem'?


> A trait endemic to the Borlander species, no doubt.  And no doubt the Inpriser
> one shows the same tendencies.  Anyway, Ken's back on TeamB now, so we expect
> his level of marketing schlock to decrease as his level of jovial inanity
> increases. :)
> 
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Perhaps you should perform a multiple regression to test whether the 
inverse correlation is between inanity and marketing tendencies, or between 
inanity and general 'schlock-iness'.  Dummy variables may be appropriate.  
<g>


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Regards, Cecil.

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