Re: 'Pure' client-side javscript database?

RobG wrote:
> The concept of building a client-side database and SQL-based API is an
> interesting exercise, but it's unlikely to have any real use. The main
> purposes of SQL are standardisation of a query interface and portability
> between database implementations, neither of which seem to be problems
> worth fixing in a client-side JavaScript database.

All true, but another purpose of using SQL could be programmer
familiarity.

For example, we created client classes to hide/make-easier local XML
DOM manipulation. But many of our junior programmers are familiar with
SQL, and such an interface could've helped them concentrate more on our
required complex client-side input validation code, rather than
learning a new data access paradigm.

Cheers, Kev
Received on Tue Oct 18 03:14:14 2005