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:
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> 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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