On Oct 24, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Sankar Virdhagriswaran wrote: > Hi > > most of the 'data' in the world is hidden in RDBMS. So, a > translation of > SQL Scripts (a popular export format for RDBMS data) to anyone of the > output formats (or all) would be useful. Unfortunately, each RDBMS > outputs its own variation of SQL Scripts (even between open source > databases). Notice that SQL Scripts have more expressive power than > Excel tables. > > Sankar
What a delightful idea (and hard to execute upon) idea. The user exports a view of his data from his SQL database into SQL program (i.e. as a script) he uploads that script to babel; which then evaluates the script; building a RDBMS; and then ... well etc. Bearing in mind, as you note, that SQL is a very loose "standard" so Babel would have to support popular flavors (i doubt a bland single flavor would work). This pattern could be used for other "export formats" that actually meaty interpreters that render something. I'd been thinking of four examples (Postscript/PDF, HTML+Javascript, Flash, and Tex); so your's make five. These are all fun only because they are so hairy. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
