RE: aggregate , grouping

[Michael Rys]

Unfortunately, SQL Server currently does not offer the full axis
feature. This however has more to do with the back- and forth of the
working group and our initial sub setting decisions than with
implementation efficiency...

So Martin, you are not really doing your competitive research :-)...

Season's greetings
Michael

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> 
> > Are there really going to be any Xquery implementations that don't
offer
> > the full axis feature? (If not, why is this feature optional?)
> 
> I don't know of an implementation that doesn't provide a full axis
> feature. However, with some internal data layouts (some numbering
> schemes for splitting trees into tables actually) it can be really
> difficult to provide those axis in a efficient fashion, so that's
> probably why.
> 
> Martin
> 
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