Marcelo, though I made only a cursory reading of the doc, Oracle9i R2 has some interesting additions:
1) XSLT inside the DBMS 2) XPath querying inside SQL 3) support for the (emerging) XML/SQL standard BTW, XML:DB is rather interesting, you might now consider Oracle an Object-Relational-XML DBMS. Best regards, --------------------------------------------- Luca Morandini GIS Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://utenti.tripod.it/lmorandini/index.html --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Vadim Gritsenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Oracle 9i Release 2 - the first real Cocoon competition? > > > > From: Matthew Langham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Marcelo, > > > > >> > > Which technologies are you comparing with Cocoon? > > XSQL or UIX. > > << > > > > I looked at the XSQL documentation. Again - I have only run over the > > possibilities as layed out in the docs. > > XSQL is known for ages. I even remember thread comparing XSQL with > Cocoon on the list, and some Oracle developer gave his comments. > > Vadim > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marcelo F. Ochoa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Oracle 9i Release 2 - the first real Cocoon competition? > > > > > > Matthew Langham wrote: > > > > >Just (which is a contradiction in terms - after the long wait) > installed > > >Oracle 9i Release 2 and dived through the XML specific documentation. > > >According to what I have seen up to now there is a lot of Cocoon 1 > type > > >architecture in there. Apart from supporting XSLT and SVG they also > provide > > >FOP for PDF generation. I have no idea yet whether it works as > advertised - > > >but could this be the first real commercial competition for Cocoon? > Given > > >how widespread Oracle is. > > > > > Which technologies are you comparing with Cocoon? > > XSQL or UIX. > > > > > > > >Anyone out there given it a test-run? > > > > > >Matthew > > > > > > > > Marcelo. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]