> he wants to create a universal "database to web" interface language, so > that you and I won't have to deal with the pesky complications of > retrieving data in C with libpq or with PHP, Python and what not > libraries or "adapters", and then have to transform that data for > display to the user.
Yes. Especially about adapters ! >OK, but I'm still not seeing how this avoids me having to use >PHP/Perl/etc anyway. TML stored function get XML from external world (DBMS listen port #80), work, than make output of other XML into external world. Transport is executed through HTTP. >who cares whether the RDBMS has this specific layout as a format. I want to answer, but i don't understood phrase "layout as a format". Please, explain your question. >I can see how it might be useful as a library I don't see, how to use TML as library :) >there are libraries that provide plenty of XML formatting Once more: XML is side effect! If you know better format for tree, please describe it. Gold is ejection of shim (gasket): php, perl, etc. Dmitry Turin http://html6.by.ru http://sql4.by.ru ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
