Re: XML / XLS application

So what is your questions concerning php? --- BigDog On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 23:28, orlandopozo@icnet.com.ve wrote: > > > Hello mailing list, I have a question about the use of XML / XLS > > application, I am introducing myself in this technology, What is useful > XML > > / XLS for? , I need a basic example, basic application of it, because I > > don't find the use of it. I know that XML is used to interchange data > > between every system in standard way (Why XML is standard?, because I > > understand that depend of the client browser they have a particular XML > > parser to retrieve information of the XML document, if would have only one > > standard XML parser, could be), and with XLS you transform the XML > document > > to HTML format, postscript format, and so on, but in order to transform > the > > XML document you need to know the syntax of the XSL and I think that its > > another language that you need to know. Another doubt is if XML document > > replace DB, because I read a book that has a methodology to transform DB > > table into a XML document, and use a XML parser to retrieve the data, I > read > > another example that the script use a SQL statement like XML SQL Select, > you > > execute it, then the DBMS server give you the XML document, then XSL or > XLST > > convert the XML document, and finally you obtain the HTML in the client > > browser, well, Thanks for any help, bye :).