Features and Dialects

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Many of the features introduced in InterBase 6 and later operate without reference to dialect. Other features are dialect-specific. The dialect-specific features are discussed below:

Topics

• Features Available in All Dialects
• Features Available Only in Dialect 3 Databases
• New InterBase Keywords
• Delimited Identifiers
• DATE, TIME, and TIMESTAMP Data Types
• DECIMAL and NUMERIC Data Types
• Compiled Objects
• Generators
• Miscellaneous Issues