Re: [WebSQL] Any future plans, or has IndexedDB replaced WebSQL? from Glenn Maynard on 2011-04-01 (public-webapps@w3.org from April to June 2011)

From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:03:07 -0400
To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
Cc: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, Benjamin Poulain <benjamin.poulain@nokia.com>, ext Nathan Kitchen <w3c@nathankitchen.com>, public-webapps@w3.org
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On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:>
Creating such a spec would be a formidable task, of course.

> Indeed. One that the SQL community has failed in doing so far. And
> they have a lot more experience with SQL than we do.
>

That suggests a very different rationale for not using SQL: "it's too
complex to specify interoperably".  If true, it is, in my opinion, a much
more compelling line of argument than the others.

-- 
Glenn Maynard

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