- From: Scott Shattuck <idearat@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:57:43 -0600
- To: public-webapps@w3c.org
SQLite wasn't the first browser-accessible DBMS, nor is it the most ubiquitous choice of target. IE's Jet database engine, which is the underlying engine for Access, would seem to be the most useful target specification. After all, the overwhelming majority of what I've heard over the past decade when discussing database support in a web browser can be paraphrased as "I want to port my Access application to the browser. Can I do that?" Changing the storage model or semantics away from those supported by Access would seem to be a great way to throw another roadblock in front of customers whose prior desktop applications have typically relied on Access, not Oracle, and certainly not Versant et. al. ss
Received on Thursday, 9 April 2009 21:58:25 UTC