Re: diffenrences between providers / servers

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

Holger Thon wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 09:22:58PM +0200, Jens P. Elsner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > > Isnt it possible to write a SQL abstraction layer that provides
> > > > one defined SQL dialect and translates them into the data source's
> > > > SQL ?
> > > >
> 
> There exist sql gateway servers which are able to transparently connect to
> different database servers, so sure it would be possible.
> But the maintainance of this would be quite hard, i think.
> By using xml, you do not only have a unique way of accessing data,
> but also of describing and storing data (if i understood the xml discussions).
> As a consequence, you can export data to xml and read it into a completly
> different database without having to change anything, theroretically.
>
That's the main idea, to share the same format (without changes) for
every provider

> Well a important argument for using xml is:
> - easy to understand and implement
> - powerful
> - platform independent
> - easy to integrate in web based services
> -> eases distribution of data and reimport of data
> 
> Don't know what the exact case was to choose xml, as i'm new here, though. ;-)
> 
more or less what you said