> As for "down sinks the mast"...so far as I've been able to tell,
> we have *never* removed anything that wasn't replaced by a better way
> of doing it (time travel with triggers)...we didn't leave anyone
> floundering for a solution to it, we provided it...but now, its not
> forced on *everyone*, just on those databases/tables that require
> it...
> Same functionality, better performance...
Ah, he wasn't complaining, just saluting a retiring soldier :)