> Adam Churvis wrote: > > > > Any my suggestion was using ColdFusion with two very popular XML-capable > > databases, namely MS SQL Server and Oracle 9iR2. > > And mine is not to lock the examples into some specific propietary > database that makes them unuseable and untranslateable for everybody > that happens to be using something else that can do the same trick but > uses a different syntax.
That is a nice _theory_, but it is only that: a theory. It isn't a simple matter of a change in syntax; there are completely different techniques available in some very popular products. To disregard these very valuable and popular techniques is to say, "You guys shouldn't have spent the millions in R&D to provide these capabilities in your product because you can't do the same thing with every other product." Such is to thwart innovation, which by its very nature must break the chains of standards in order to evolve and grow. So how about three examples of each major principle involved in implementing i18n via XML techniques: 1) A generic, standards-only-based technique, 2) A technique that leverages MS SQL Server's unique XML handling capabilities, if that technique is significantly different from and/or has platform-specific advantages over the other two techniques, and 3) A technique that leverages the unique XML handling capabilities of Oracle 9iR2, if that technique is significantly different from and/or has platform-specific advantages over the other two techniques. I think you can agree that the two pie slices of MS SQL Server and Oracle gobble up the majority of the enterprise pie where large i18n sites are most likely to be deployed. How does this sound to you? Workable for all? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 770-446-8866 Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
