Re: S.O.D.A. database Query API - call for comments

In comp.databases Carl Rosenberger <carl_at_db4o.com> wrote:
> the discussion "does SQL stink?" was not really the point of my original
> posting.

Anyway you are working on making an alternative, aren't you? There wouldn't be any use in such a project if SQL was perfect.

> HTML also is a waste of bandwith.

Absolutely. I'd never even imagine that networks would be used for sending so much totally uncompressed data ten-fifteen years ago.

> Accordingly Palm has come up with
> webclipping technology.

It really should be a simple thing to put some simple compression either below, in, or at the top of the HTTP standard.

>> It is really possible to make incomprehensive SQL statements.  SQL is no
>> good standard.  But it's far easier to debug SQL statements than other
>> binary query languages.

I was quite sleepy when I wrote the message above; I should have read through it before I sent it.

It is really possible to make incomprehensive SQL statements that are difficult to debug. Anyway, this is a weakness with SQL, not a weakness because it's based on text strings.

In general, a query language based on text strings rather than some binary format (or, eventually, that it easily can be translated between text and binary format) should be easier to debug.

> If you have a look at my 20k SQL-statement, that I posted to
> comp.databases.object,

No thanks, I spend enough time understanding my own SQL statements... ;-)

I'll gut java.databases from the followup-to list.

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