David Lee scripsit:
> Suppose we had a JDBC interface to XQuery/XML databases ? Sure it wouldn't
> be the best choice ... but then neither is using JDBC for Oracle or MySQL
JDBC is just a thin layer over SQL; JDBC clients construct SQL strings, possibly
with variables in them. So the question is: what would it mean for an
XQuery database to expose a SQL API? It would require a mapping of the
XML data model onto a relational data model, which inevitably would
require discarding some information. What information exactly? Would it
be possible to access every XML document, or just some of them?
--
A poetical purist named Cowan [that's me: ]
Once put the rest of us dowan. [on xml-dev]
"Your verse would be sweeter http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
If it only had metre
And rhymes that didn't force me to frowan." [overpacked line!] --Michael Kay
