Article:		Architectural Style
Subject:		XSLT - DOA?: An Opposing Viewpoint
Date:		2001-08-24 12:35:39
From:		Michael Maron
Response to: XSLT - DOA?: An Opposing Viewpoint
Agreed, I just want to add more on XML/XSLT vs SQL comparison. First, they are in the same boat as far as end users are concerned. They never deal with XML documents, XSLT stylesheets or SQL statements directly. All they see through the browser is Web site served by - hopefully - XML/SQL-enabled server-end application. Next, some history. I remember when SQL was an emerging technology, very complicated SQL statements were considered in literature to show its power: unions, subqueries, outer joins - all in one piece. A few computer eras later it appeared that with stored procedures it is more convenient to keep SQL statements reasonably simple and testable glewing them together with 3G code. My guess is, same thing is going to happen with XSLT. DOM-enabled apps can take proper care of reasonably straightforward stylesheets. Michael

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