Re: [HACKERS] Re: XML (was: 2 patches)

> The pros, IMHO:
> * XML interfaces better to the object model of pgsql itself
> * XML interfaces better to XML-viewer, like next generation of
> web browsers.
>
> With a little imagination we can at some point in the future forget
> about making clients for the databases, just point your webbrowser
> at the serverport a make both SELECTs (displays) and INSERT/UPDATE
> (forms) with a few lines of javascript.
>
> The con:
> * We have a good stable protocol but a little simplistic.
> Anything new is not as good until it has matured.
>
> Thus I not suggesting replacing it until we have something
> better, sound resonable?

It is appealing to be able to talk to the database via some
sgml/html/xml format. A proxy would allow this too, and it certainly
something that would be nice. Certainly no reason we can't add it, and
if we start out as a proxy, we don't have to add it to the backend
itself.

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