Re: Using XML and a relational database

On 2003-08-30 07:19:56 -0400, "comcast" <j.tolson_at_comcast.net> said:

> Hello all,
> I am developing an interface system for an application I was written. This
> interface will connect to other system to share information. I would like
> to use
> xml and xsl to generically describe each interface. The trouble I am having
> is that it seem that if you export in xml by table then it is impossible to
> combine the xml tables files back together in a hierarchical fashion. I can
> do it programmatically but I would like to do it with xsl so that knowledge
> of the database is not in the code but in the xsl. I can write generic code
> for dumping tables and sql statements. But formatting should be generic.
> Can this be done is xsl?

Why are you using a relational database for XML? We have a native XML database that could solve your problems.

-greg

Gregory Burd

Product Manager                         gburd_at_sleepycat.com
Sleepycat Software, Inc.                http://www.sleepycat.com/