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

[Sven Barth]

On 27.07.2011 20:48, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Sven Barth wrote:
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>> On 27.07.2011 19:24, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Sven Barth wrote:
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>>>> On 27.07.2011 14:05, michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Ludo Brands wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 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?
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>>> 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.
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>> Now you've made me curious... where is it available?
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> 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.

Then I'll wait until it's ready. I'll contain my curiosity till then ^^

Regards,
Sven