One thing I want. A Java way to save a data structure and recover it later.
Easy in perl, not so easy in Java. But XML would be a great way to do it in
Java.
Eric
At 10:42 AM 2/22/01 +1000, Opec Kemp \( Ozemail \) wrote:
>*big snip*
>
>I agree with Cal, the XML module should really be sperated from the
>RDMB.
>XML is really great but, lets face it not everyone is going to use it
>so
>why force it down thier troat?. The really great thing about Open
>Source is that
>you do have a choice (unlike MS , Oracle). :) You have to choice
>to install external XML modules if you wish, if not why would you use
>it?
>
>I'm sure if you write the XML modules as an extension to MySQL in C or
>C++,
>it'll be just as fast as if it is built in. Not to maintion the fact
>that
>it'll be far easier of MySQL developer to put in other really "useful"
>RDMB related
>features like ForeinKeys etc etc. instead of "cool" but not critical
>features XML.
>And the code base for MySQL wouldn't be bloated either which means we
>as the users
>won't have to download 200MB RDMB servers :):)
>
>My $0.02
>
>> But you've yet to make a case for extending a database engine to do
>> something it's not originally designed to do and something
>> that I argue does
>> not belong in a RDBMS engine. First, while I agree that XML
>> is a great
>> solution for 2 applications to exchange data, it is not a
>
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