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Available in: DSQL, ESQL
Changed in: IB
Description: Any context variable that is assignment-compatible to the new domain's datatype can be used as a default. This was already
the case in InterBase 6, but the Language Reference only mentioned USER.
Example:
create domain DDate as date default current_date not null
Available in: DSQL, ESQL
If you change a domain's definition, existing PSQL code using that domain may become invalid. If this happens, the system table field RDB$VALID_BLR will be set to 0 for any procedure or trigger whose code is no longer valid. If you have changed a domain, the following query will find the code modules that depend on it and report the state of RDB$VALID_BLR:
select * from (
select 'Procedure', rdb$procedure_name, rdb$valid_blr from rdb$procedures
union
select 'Trigger', rdb$trigger_name, rdb$valid_blr from rdb$triggers
) (type, name, valid)
where exists
(select * from rdb$dependencies
where rdb$dependent_name = name and rdb$depended_on_name = 'MYDOMAIN')
/* Replace MYDOMAIN with the actual domain name. Use all-caps if the domain
was created case-insensitively. Otherwise, use the exact capitalisation. */Unfortunately, not all PSQL invalidations will be reflected in the RDB$VALID_BLR field. It is therefore advisable to look at all the procedures and triggers reported by the above query, even those having a 1 in the “VALID” column.
Please notice that for PSQL modules inherited from earlier Firebird versions (including a number of system triggers, even
if the database was created under Firebird 2.1 or higher), RDB$VALID_BLR is NULL. This does not indicate that their BLR is invalid.
The isql commands SHOW PROCEDURES and SHOW TRIGGERS flag modules whose RDB$VALID_BLR field is zero with an asterisk. SHOW PROCEDURE PROCNAME and SHOW TRIGGER TRIGNAME, which display individual PSQL modules, do not signal invalid BLR.
Added in: IB
Description: Renaming of a domain is possible with the TO clause. This feature was introduced in InterBase 6, but left out of the Language Reference.
Example:
alter domain posint to plusint
The TO clause can be combined with other clauses and need not come first in that case.
Changed in: IB
Description: Any context variable that is assignment-compatible to the domain's datatype can be used as a default. This was already the
case in InterBase 6, but the Language Reference only mentioned USER.
Example:
alter domain DDate set default current_date
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