Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-27 Thread Charles_Shaffer
>>My biggest issue is with the poor state of the documentation. It does not allow me to easily obtain a good level of competency, which I think is >>needed to feel like I can be productive with a tool, and to feel that the tool is worth using. >>Once I got past the documentation and did a lot of

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread David Wolverton
esign and implementation" That was my take anyway! -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Steve Romanow Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:36 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Hona, David
ber 2010 10:30 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions I actually like the XML handling built into UV. I have always been a believer in using the intrinsic facilities of the database where possible to maximise the performance of the process being automa

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Steve Romanow
ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno > Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 3:35 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions > > Gregor, your comments serve as a testimonial to support my > position against using many of these vendor

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Gregor Scott
- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 3:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions Gregor, your comments serve as a testimonial to

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Doug
l -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of jpb-u2ug Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:48 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions I'll have to disagree with you on t

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Kevin King
Brilliant article! Thanks for sharing. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Steve Romanow
On 10/26/2010 1:46 PM, Kevin King wrote: But all that aside, vendors need to put more attention into their products to make them useful and usable rather than simply another tick on a marketing checklist. This conversation is reminding me of a recent blog post I read. http://blog.garlicsim.org/

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread Kevin King
Let's be careful we're lobbing grenades at the right enemy. As I see things the conflict here isn't choosing vendor supplied solutions vs. open source, the problem is the vendor doing a poor job of making something that is usable and truly useful. There is a time and place for both vendor supplie

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-26 Thread jpb-u2ug
@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions Gregor, your comments serve as a testimonial to support my position against

Re: [U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-25 Thread Tony Gravagno
Gregor, your comments serve as a testimonial to support my position against using many of these vendor-supplied toolkits. Some of them are OK, but many not. People insist on the DBMS vendors building stuff for them, but then we get the mess that you've described. For this reason I continue to rec

[U2] Building XML using the UV XDOM API functions

2010-10-25 Thread Gregor Scott
I have recently been involved in a project that gave me my first chance to get acquainted with the UV XDOM API functions. I must say that I was bitterly disappointed with the documentation on the XML functionality in UniVerse 10.2. Nothing more than a simple description of each of the API func