Cal Evans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Top of the morning to ya Aaron,
>
> 1: Ed did not suggest that everyone has to have a CS degree. Not defending
> Ed because based on his posts this morning, someone pissed in his Cheerios
> but he simply stated that people should be a little more educated about the
> subject before posting.
Thanks, Cal. Maybe I shouldn't post in the morning, while my blood sugar is down,
huh? <g>
> 2: The discussion started with someone stating that MySQL should be extended
> to accept XML statements, not a wrapper. I think everyone against embedding
> XML in MySQL has advocated a wrapper.
Exactly. Wrappers are (1) easy to write, at least easier than hacking on MySQL
source, (2) allow you to turn raw data into whatever you want to, and (3) allow you to
debug problems much more easily, since if the bug isn't in MySQL, it has to be in your
wrapper ;)
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I sometimes wonder if the American people deserve to be free - they seem
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