Help: Is this the right tool?

Added by Anonymous almost 19 years ago

Legacy ID: #3181411 Legacy Poster: sagita (sagita)

We are planning to develop a translation engine which translates a form of XML to SQL! In particular a translation from RuleML (Rule Markup Language) to SQL. Would it be possible to use Saxon to create SQL statements based on some XML document? We are not refering to the SQL functionality of Saxon but rather wondering if the tool can be used to produce plain SQL? Any recommendation and advice is very much appreciated! Thanks.

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RE: Help: Is this the right tool? - Added by Anonymous almost 19 years ago

Legacy ID: #3181878 Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)

It's certainly a feasible thing to do, but whether it's the best tool for the job depends on two things: (a) what kind of logic is involved in the translation, and (b) whether the programming style of XSLT/XQuery matches the way you choose to think about the problem. Some people, for example, would find this job much easier to do in Haskell; I (for one) wouldn't! Michael Kay

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