XML output from VSERVER.

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 9/26/08 11:48 AM, "Bart Pietercil" <bart.pietercil at cognosis.be> wrote:

Hi Bart,

>> XML in VSERVER. Plan is first of all to implement latest extensions
>> of SQ:
>> 2003. 3-4 functions like
>> 
>>    SELECT forest(x)
>> 
>> Which return not cursor but XML text.
>> 
> 
> You mean the functions as described here ?
> <http://docs.openlinksw.com/virtuoso/composingxmlinsql.html>

yes

>> Now I wonder why we delay this ... I think implement it will take
>> just few days.
> 
> Please (BIG please)

Ok, we will consider this more deeply soon.

>> It is much more hard task to accept XML on input and parse it and
>> split XML info to tables...

> I think it is more important to be able to say to a client that
> Valentina is an open system ( in the sense that other systems can
> query Valentina) than being able to say to a client that Valentina can
> query information FROM other systems. And it is certainly more
> important being able to say my system can share its data with other
> systems than having to say it cannot share at all. (ODBC is from
> another century....)

agree
 
> I know that in the coming weeks I will be confronted with sharing info
> with a SAP system (SAP system needs to read user info, I need to read
> courses info from SAP). If I wouldn't have to worry about getting the
> info out but only on getting the info IN, I saved 50% on resources and
> billing.....
> 
> So yes I consider it a big deal

Okay, although I have not catch here what is IN and what is OUT.
 
> The coming weeks we will be sitting together (and this is another
> client than the one above) with the government agencies to discuss how
> we will exchange information from VServers with their Oracle databases
> and I can assure you the only thing they are willing to discuss is xml
> based protocols.

Okay, you can think we have started develop XML output for you :)

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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