Re: Question about variable length fields

["James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck wrote:

> No disagreement there but I think it profitable to note that writing a
> command line utility to execute SQL statements like this one have been
> in the public domain for quite a while.  There's one in the FAQ, for
> example.

Yes, and since our mostly-RLA-based Wintouch product uses an 
ever-increasing amount of SQL, with only the CLI guaranteed to be 
available, it's had a "CLI front-end" of its own ever since I first 
learned that two different programs could end up fighting over access to 
the CLI.

And isn't it wonderful that so many of the problems in our field have 
multiple correct solutions? (And I say this without even so much as a 
vague hint of sarcasm.)

Something else to be thankful for. Along with this List.

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JHHL