Matt, Are you suggesting development of a wrapper around MySQL to convert XML to SQL and back, so that you would have a pseudo XML front end to mysqld?
James > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Wagner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: James Cox; Javier Gonzalo Gloria Medina > Subject: Re: xml > > > On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 11:52, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 05:37:28PM -0000, James Cox wrote: > > > Anyhow, > > > > > > Mysql can return data in XML..... > > > > The client can, but not the server, right? > > Jeremy, > > Correct, currently only the 'mysql' (-X option in MySQL 4.x) and > 'mysqldump' (-X option in MySQL 3.23) client programs can return XML > output. > > We believe that this sort of functionality belongs in the client > programs and libraries. So that means for direct server XML interaction > support would have to be added to the libmysqlclient library. Not bloat > the 'mysqld' code. > > Of course inputting XML to a MySQL database is quite a different and > more difficult task. It would require a lot more monkey business of some > piece of software knowing how to map the XML schema into the DB schema. > > This is one of those fluffy features that is not traditionally in the > RDBMS project scope -- and therefore lends itself to be a prime project > for corporate sponsorship. > > Potential sponsors reading this should contact our sales team > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if interested in helping. If seriously interested, we > could develop some whitepaper specs and discuss options to for your > company to help fund development. > > > Regards, > > Matt > > -- > For technical support contracts, visit https://order.mysql.com/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Matt Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Coordinator of Development > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Hopkins, Minnesota USA > <___/ www.mysql.com M: +1 952 250 5434 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
