Re: Re: extending the mdb schema format

Just wondering what the dislike of attributes is all about? I would have tended to use attributes for single value items, and child tags for nesting/multivalue data.. or is it just easier to parse?? <table name="foo"> <declaration> <field name="bar" type="integer"> <default> <autoincrement start="1" increment="1"> </default> </field> </declaration> </table> Regards Alan > <table> > <name>foo</name> > <declaration> > <field> > <name>bar</name> > <type>integer</type> > <default> > <autoincrement> > <start>1</start> > <increment>1</increment> > </autoincrement> > </default> > </field> > </declaration> > </table> > > This way, if a RDBMS does not have autoincrement fields, it may behave > like Postgresql: create a sequence behind the scenes, and assign > sequence::next_val to the field's default value. > -- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com>