Re[2]: Fwd: Re[2]: New html-element: table3

Good day, Jonas.

>> Look at relational data through browser as at multi-dimensional data
>> is more often, then much html-tags, which already exist.
JS> Why can't you reformat the data on the server so that it fits into a
JS> normal table?

Jonas, now it's possible to make all!
I don't argue about that.

But current ways is very complicated!
And they don't avialable for un-experienced users.

JS>You just have to format the data row-by-row.

Can low-skill users write program (for example, by perl or php),
which convert 3 rational table (from DBMS) into 1 browser table ?
No.
In better case, users can write 3 simple request to DBMS and
merge result into output, like

select '<table><thead>'
union
select '<th id='  + field_id + '>' + field_name + '</th>' from RowNames
union
select '</thead><tside>'
union
select '<th id='  + field_id + '>' + field_name + '</th>' from ColNames
union
select '</tside><tbody>'
union
select '<td row=' + field_i + ' col=' + field_j + '>' + field_data + '</td>' from Data
union
select '</tbody></table>'

That is top of their possibilities.

JS> Are you asking for the ability to format column-by-column instead?
JS> ... We actually support this in XUL.

No.
Attirutes "row" and "col" contain COORDINATES of cells in example below.
Cells go without any order:
they are not sorted (ordered) by row [like if they inside tag TR],
they are not sorted (ordered) by column [as it's possible in XUL].

JS> Or do you need to provide the data in completely random order?

Yes.

JS>  If so, why?

Neither "id" of rows/columns, nor name of rows/columns have any order
in general case,
but cells are placed in documents with correspondence to rows/columns.

It's impossible (without additional job in database) to order cells
in any dimension.

>> I wrote Thomas Broyer recently,

Excuse me, i don't send to WG yesterday, only to Thomas.
I have already sent to WG now.

JS> You can use <iframe>s as a way to load data

I don't see how to place cells with correspondence to their attributes
"row" and "col".

JS> we can't have simple solutions for every edge-case

I agree to not give tags for exclusive cases.
I agree to discuss about division of cases into usual and exclusive cases.
But I not agree to not give tags to usual cases.



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Received on Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:19:51 UTC