On Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:01 PM, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:28:25AM -0700, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: >> I just find it surprising that XML is not one of the formats provided, >> considering that XML is considered a data interchange format (much more >> than HTML, which is a representation format). > All jokes aside, saying "output to XML" is like saying "all our > documentation will use words from the english dictionary". Yes, you > made a constraint but until you decide grammer, syntax and style, you > havn't decided anything yet. > > Realistically, psql is only ever going to support one XML format, we > can't add more styles every time someone asks for one. Hence, we should > pick the one that is going to be most easily loaded into other programs > (the entire point of XML, right?). To that end, we should probably aim > for something like the OpenDocument table format, which looks a bit > like below. At least that way you stand a chance of being able to > import it and/or display it. If pg outputs a simple xml format, it can easily be transformed via xslt into OpenDoc table format, alternate html formats, or the alternate xml format of your choice. I would argue against outputting this one specific OpenDoc format, even though it is the "flavor of the month" right now. -Roger ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
