Submitted by: Alexey Kuznetsov (kuaw26) Is related to [CORE2621](https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues?q=CORE2621+in%3Atitle) Votes: 2 It would be very useful if Firebird would support modern syntax for A=v1 AND B=v2 predicates as it implemented in DB2 \(see Db2 cookbook p39 <http://mysite.verizon.net/graeme_birchall/id1.html>\) example: modern syntax SELECT id, dept, job FROM staff WHERE \(id,dept\) = \(30,28\) OR \(id,years\) = \(90, 7\) OR \(dept,job\) = \(38,'Mgr'\) ORDER BY 1; old syntax: SELECT id, dept, job FROM staff WHERE \(id = 30 AND dept = 28\) OR \(id = 90 AND years = 7\) OR \(dept = 38 AND job = 'Mgr'\) ORDER BY 1;