Doug Poland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> > Why would it be easier to write said layer if it was inside the DBMS
> > instead of outside?
> >
> Speed is the reason to have it in the RDBMS.
It doesn't belong in MySQL. By that logic, monolithic kernels are a Good Thing.
> My point is that XML is coming and it's a good thing. MySQL
> is an important part of the Open Source community and I
> don't want to see it trivialized or handicapped in relation
> commercial RDBMS. In the meantime, I'm willing to recommend
> it to clients and wait patiently for increased functionality.
It doesn't belong in MySQL. Never has, never will. But it's trivial to write a thin
layer that will add XML to the output stream. Perl, PHP, Escapade, even a shell
script...
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