Mehalick, Richard RE SSI-GRAX ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Some relational databases return results in XML format.
And operating systems have been written in Java and Perl. So? Just because you *can*
doesn't mean you *should*.
Suppose I want to translate the output to something else. Now I'm stuck - I have to
strip off the XML.
*MUCH* cleaner to have the database return just data - then you can use something else
to wrap the data in anything you want - XML, HTML, PHP, whatever. We use this
approach in Escapade - it outputs just data - you decide how you want it wrapped. The
idea of decoupling data and metadata is a powerful one and has strong, compelling
arguments in its favor - ane one usually taught in first-year computer science classes.
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