size of XQuery developer community

[William Candillon]

Maybe the XQuery community should start local and informal XQuery User
Group Meetup in some area.
I would be a great indicator of the size of the community and maybe
boost a little bit the interest of some developers.

Best regards,

William

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Mukul Gandhi<http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>   I have no doubts, about usefulness of XML format. It's tremendously useful.
>
> But I also think, that relational format is much useful even today. We
> know, various reasons why relational model is beneficial (like high
> security, faster processing, transactional support etc).
>
> Today, many people like to model data only as relational form.
> Likewise, many people like modeling data as XML. And there are also
> many people, who like to model data as relational plus XML (which has
> become easier, with the newer hybrid relational/XML products) [1].
>
> To support development, for people who want to use relation plus XML
> paradigm [1], I think hybrid SQL-XQuery processors are quite useful.
> If we keep SQL and XQuery processors separate, it will probably take
> more effort and programming logic to combine relational and XML data.
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Michael Kay<http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:
>> Well, it's difficult to tell. In my experience working with clients using
>> such systems, it can be very difficult to wean the developers off the
>> familiar SQL side of the product. If you allow developers to continue using
>> their old tools while also having access to new and unfamiliar tools, they
>> will often take the path of least resistance. That (together with the sheer
>> complexity that comes from mixing two query languages with different lexical
>> rules, different function libraries, and different data types) is one reason
>> why I think you are much better off using an "XML-only" database system.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mukul Gandhi
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