Re: SQL for presentation
Date: 5 Jul 2006 16:20:38 -0700
Message-ID: <1152141638.927625.285840_at_m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
> >> I see a
> >>
> >>>problem in the fact that HTML is hierachial and select statements
> >>>doesn't seem suitable for returning hierachial results. But what if a
> >>>relational version of HTML existed, would the select statement be
> >>>suitable for buildning the GUI too?
> >>
> >>If you are asking whether one could devise a relational schema to
> >>describe a document or user interface, the answer is obviously yes.
> >
> > If a relational schema could describe a html document, why couldn't a
> > declarative relational language be used to derive that document from
> > other data? Why do we have to use imperative languages to build a html
> > document?
>
> If one has a relational description of a document or user interface, why
> on earth would one bother with HTML?
/Fredrik Received on Thu Jul 06 2006 - 01:20:38 CEST