Re: [HACKERS] Re: XML (was: 2 patches)

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > The pros, IMHO:
> > * XML interfaces better to the object model of pgsql itself
> > * XML interfaces better to XML-viewer, like next generation of
> >   web browsers.
> > 
> > With a little imagination we can at some point in the future forget
> > about making clients for the databases, just point your webbrowser
> > at the serverport a make both SELECTs (displays) and INSERT/UPDATE
> > (forms) with a few lines of javascript.
> > 
> > The con:
> > * We have a good stable protocol but a little simplistic.
> >   Anything new is not as good until it has matured. 
> > 
> > Thus I not suggesting replacing it until we have something
> > better, sound resonable?
> 
> It is appealing to be able to talk to the database via some
> sgml/html/xml format.  A proxy would allow this too, and it certainly
> something that would be nice.  Certainly no reason we can't add it, and
> if we start out as a proxy, we don't have to add it to the backend
> itself.
And, of course, as it matures, its something we can always roll
into the backend :)
Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org