RE: XQuery: Retrieve only in first release

Thank you for taking up my challenge to express an opinion on what
should be in the first edition of the XML Query specfication.  I will
ensure that the XML Query WG is aware of your opinion on this matter.

/paulc


Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada 
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Tel: (613) 225-5445 Fax: (425) 936-7329 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Goonan [mailto:bgoonan@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:55 AM
> To: www-xml-query-comments@w3.org
> Subject: XQuery: Retrieve only in first release
> 
> 
> At XML DevCon 2001 in NYC, Paul Cotton asked for comments on 
> whether to work
> for a reteive only or a full function version of XQuery.
> Please, get a RETRIEVE version of XQUERY out as soon as possible.
> I'm trying to put together an application that will replace a 
> relational
> database.  The end-users are currently doing retrieve only 
> SQL.  Being able
> to offer them a new tool for going against the XML format 
> would really help
> get the project accepted!
> Thanks for your time.
> 
>