xquery & web server in browser

[David A. Lee]

I believe from context Robert was referring to XQuery implementations at 
the DB/Server level which can take advantage of server side indexing etc.
I think thats what he means by "runs natively"
Compared to XSLT implementations which read the document into the 
"client" then process it.

Even given this though, I think its a stretch to say its universally 
more efficient.  For example I have real world test cases of XQuery 
which run on a high performance XML server "natively" and run 5x slower 
then the exact same XQuery running in the client (on the same machine).
So I can assert that just because something runs "natively on the 
server" doesn't always mean its faster.
It *should be* though ! But its not always true in reality.

-David




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Florent Georges wrote:
> Robert Koberg wrote:
>
>   Hi Robert,
>
>   
>> Why? To me, the best thing about XQuery is that it can run
>> natively (and more efficiently than the more encompassing
>> XSL)
>>     
>
>   Well, I think it depends (I mean XQuery more efficient
> than XSLT.)  If the query use dynamic dispatching of nodes
> (aka pattern matching) or grouping, I would expect XSLT to
> be more efficient.
>
>   But that's just a feeling, I do not have any numbers.
>
>   Regards,
>
>   
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