RE: [xml-dev] Results of Open XML balloting at INCITS

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@...>
• To: "'Rick Jelliffe'" <rjelliffe@...>,<xml-dev@...>
• Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:58:12 +0100

> I see that Oracle supports XQuery as well as SQL now. What 
> are the clear criteria for someone to use when choosing 
> between W3C XQuery and ISO SQL?

That's like asking how do you choose between email and file transfer. Having
two standards for the same thing is bad; having two standards for different
things is fine, even if there are some applications that could be built
using either technology.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/