Jeremy D. Zawodny ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:18:49AM +0100, Gorjan Todorovski wrote:
> >
> > By support for XML I mean that u can insert XML documents directly
> > in the database, of course u need to have the table properlu craeted
> > first. Also it should be possible to retreive data in XML format
> > from some table. This is supported in Oracle 8i for eaxmple....
>
> You cannot do that with MySQL.
MySQL doesn't understannd XML (nor should it) - but inserting a document into a table
as data is trivial. Inserting an XML document as metadata is a whole 'nother kettle
of fish - and one, IMO, for which MySQL should never be hacked up to do. It would
make more sense to write a thin layer in C to do such a thing.
> But that's probably a philosophical difference. Many would argue that
> the database server has no business dealing with XML. That should be
> the job of the program which is putting the data into the database...
I agree completely.
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