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Re: The use of XML syntax in XML Query

• To: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson),David Carlisle <davidc@n...>
• Subject: Re: The use of XML syntax in XML Query
• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:45:59 -0800
• Cc: www-xml-query-comments@w..., xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <f5b666jzh9y.fsf@c...>
• References: <200201031146.LAA19272@p...><200201031146.LAA19272@p...>

At 01:38 PM 03/01/02 +0000, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
><myQR>
>&lt;bib>
>            {
>             for $b in document("http://www.bn.com")/bib/book
>             where $b/publisher = "Addison-Wesley" and $b/@year > 1991
>             return
>               &lt;livre ann&#xe9;e={ $b/@year }>
>                &lt;cr&#xe9;ateur> { $b/author } &lt;/cr&#xe9;ateur>
>                { $b/title }
>               &lt;/livre>

Jeepers Henry, that's horrible!  Blecccch. This seems to involve
all the costs & pain of XML (awkward escaping syntax, verbosity)
with none of the benefits (readability, simplicity).  Can this 
turkey be made to fly?

Or are we all missing something obvious? -Tim

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  • Re: The use of XML syntax in XML Query
    • From: ht@c... (Henry S. Thompson)

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