Have you tried the -H flag to the mysql client ?
The client at least can produce HTML.
"Mehalick, Richard RE SSI-GRAX" wrote:
>
> The database does it.
>
> It is my understanding that MSSQL will return the results of a query in XML.
> The idea, as I understand it, is to create web pages with XML data. (I
> attended a XML class where we did this) Since the web page contains code to
> call the database and the result is in XML, then it should be easier to
> present the page. (Note: some browsers can already do this with native XML)
>
> Another reason, maybe even a better one, is that XML is less database
> specific. So too will be the data. So the result of a query is no longer
> tied to the database that produced it.
>
> Rick
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy D. Zawodny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:20 PM
> To: Mehalick, Richard RE SSI-GRAX
> Cc: 'Ed Carp'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: XML support under mySQL
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:49:40AM -0600, Mehalick, Richard RE SSI-GRAX
> wrote:
> >
> > Some relational databases return results in XML format.
>
> The *database* does that, or an add-on query tool does that?
>
> It'd be trivial to implement an add-on for mysql (xmlmysql, a
> command-line tool maybe) which would do it. But making the database
> server itself do it seems rather, uh... strange.
>
> I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but I just don't see the utility in
> it. Can someone who would use such a feature explain how and why?
> Seeing as how folks ask about this once in a while, I'm more than a
> bit curious at this point.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
> --
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