[fpc-pascal] Patch: new XML export for FCL-DB ready for inclusion, issue 19790

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Sven Barth wrote:

> On 27.07.2011 19:24, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Sven Barth wrote:
>> 
>>> On 27.07.2011 14:05, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Ludo Brands wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2. Atom feeds as used by Google.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Feel free to take a shot at it :-)
>>>>>> Do you mean the 0.3 format -
>>>>>> 
>>>>> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29#Atom_0.3
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> AFAIK data exports are all general purpose, ie they represent the
>>>>> data, and
>>>>> evenually their schema, as precise as possible without any knowledge
>>>>> of the
>>>>> contents. Atoms are specific and need understanding of the contents.
>>>>> Hence
>>>>> Reiniers remarks about mapping fields, etc. I understand the
>>>>> interest one
>>>>> can have being able to export this format but, IMHO, that doesn't
>>>>> belong in
>>>>> a data export library. Nice try though :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Data is just data to me, however it is represented :-)
>>>> 
>>>> For me, atom feeds are just an 'extra' simple XML mapping:
>>>> FieldName -> NodePath Possibly with a grouping concept.
>>>> 
>>>> Still, I will need the Atom export, so eventually it will be made.
>>>> 
>>>> In fact, Inoussa Ouedraogo (hope I spelled that correct) made a complete
>>>> SDO
>>>> implementation in FPC which should be powerful enough to able to handle
>>>> this.
>>> 
>>> Is this SDO "Service Data Objects" which I quickly googled?
>>> 
>> 
>> It is.
>> 
>>> If so, what exactly is it, what are its strengths?
>> 
>> A uniform way to access all kinds of data. You can see it as an
>> alternative to TDataset and friends.
>> 
>> It's quite powerful, really. Inoussa has made some nice sample
>> applications.
>
> Now you've made me curious... where is it available?

You should ask Inoussa. I don't think he has published it yet.
I have a first version available here, but I'm not sure if I can distribute
it.

Michael.