Re: SQL for presentation
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:17:31 GMT
Message-ID: <LwZqg.6849$pu3.152450_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>
> Maybe I was not clear enough. I was talking about the relational schema
> as an alternative to HTML, but describing the same information. But the
> questions remains, suppose we had such schema, would a declarative
> relational language help us buildning the schema data, or would
> imperative languages still be the best solution?
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:17:31 GMT
Message-ID: <LwZqg.6849$pu3.152450_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
frebe73_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>>> 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?
>
> Maybe I was not clear enough. I was talking about the relational schema
> as an alternative to HTML, but describing the same information. But the
> questions remains, suppose we had such schema, would a declarative
> relational language help us buildning the schema data, or would
> imperative languages still be the best solution?
I don't see that it is an either/or decision. Received on Thu Jul 06 2006 - 03:17:31 CEST