Fw: XQuery concerns and considerations

Hello,
I am real curious, and kind of concerned with the XQuery language. 
it really appears like the wheel is being created yet again. it isn't even
XML compliant, short of being wrapped in XML tags. How are you supposed to
perform an XSLT transform on the query?

This looks remarkably like SQL-92, i would even bet that there is a direct
mapping between the 2 languages. Is this what you are trying to do? Why not
just wrap sql statements with XML Tags and call it good? yes i know there
would need to be some sort of mapping, but i would rather see a standard
created for defining object to relational data mapping. 

Why not use XPath to query into a relational dataset? It could be done very
easily, just look at the XML support in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. 

What is the point short of creating yet another standard, making it even
more complex for developers to incorporate XML support into their systems.

It looks like the real point here is to provide you with something to do,
maybe someone decided that this is something that could be done to kill
time, and other peoples productivity.

Please prove me wrong with a real use for this technology that can not be
solved using current technology.

Thanks,
Tony Moulton
David John
Concerned C++ Developers

When are we going to stop creating new standards and start using existing
ones?

Received on Monday, 23 April 2001 17:56:42 UTC