Re: [Firebird-devel] System tables changes in read only databases

[Jim S. <ji...@ji...>]

On 7/30/2015 12:06 PM, Claudio Valderrama C. wrote:
>> I purposely put a MODIFY of system tables in epp file without
>> considering dbb->readOnly() flag.
>>
>> And it worked (changed the database) and committed the change.
>>
>> Shouldn't that be prevent in lower layers?
> Ideally, the low level layer should be stopped, too but there are many wild
> things you can do if you bypass SQL.
>
>

Let the record reflect that I have seen the error of my ways and that 
none of post-Interbase database systems have allowed user modification 
of system tables.

There were mitigating circumstances and it seemed like a good idea at 
the time.  It wasn't.