I agree that it'd be best to have a spec independent of database platform, which is why I was asking about an idea along the lines of RelationalDB <https://github.com/keean/RelationalDB>or the example I gave in the email which initiated this discussion, both of which are entirely abstracted from the underlying database (SQLite or otherwise - doesn't even have to be SQL). Was anything like this considered before WebSQL was canned? Also, +1 on looking at a FireFox plugin to drum up some interest on this. On 2 April 2011 05:32, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Arthur Barstow wrote: > > On Apr/1/2011 3:39 PM, ext Glenn Maynard wrote: > > > If SQLite was to be used as a web standard, I'd hope that it wouldn't > show > > > up in a spec as simply "do what SQLite does", but as a complete spec of > > > SQLite's behavior. > > > > FYI, the Web SQL Database NOTE says: > > > > [[ > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-webdatabase-20101118/#web-sql > > > > 5. Web SQL > > > > User agents must implement the SQL dialect supported by Sqlite 3.6.19. > > ]] > > > > and I don't recall anyone ever committing to creating the later. > > Actually I did, multiple times. But nobody was interested in > reimplementing that dialect independently, so all the points Jonas raised > still apply. > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > >
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