On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 03:23:51PM +0900, Michael Glaesemann wrote: > My personal opinion on this is that there are a lot of different > ideas about how the XML should/could be written, and a the current > output can be piped to a script in <insert favorite scripting > language here> to format to match anyone's wish. Rather than have > psql decree the one and true format or include so many as to make > maintainability burdensome, further formatting is best left to the > end user.
IMHO, we should look for an OpenDocument like standard for spreadsheets and/or tables. If you pick something like that then you have a higher chance it can be imported directly into applications, which at the end of the day is what people want, right? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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