Hello, Helen !

>We can do *much* better than all this - via blob filters. I make it
>plural, because I don't think it's going to be a case of "one size fits
>all". For example, standard XML may be too limiting and we'd want to have
>a SGML filter too; and XHTML and ....

Of course, Helen. I know about UDFs and BLOB filters.
I was not proposing to built XML support into the very core engine.
It would make it a way too complex and messy.

We need to extend capability of engine to allow to write packages (something
like in Oracle)
using PSQL and other languages (probably C/C++). This is not too difficult,
in fact
as we have stored procedures, UDFs and blob filters. All we need is to
extend their abilities a little.
Then we can write packages for full-text seach and XML manipulations.
So people who needs may install them, and others may not.

>----------------------------------
>These cross-threads are a PITA.
>Could we PLEASE decide whether this thread belongs in Firebird-devel or
>Firebird-Architect? I vote for Architect, considering that devel needs the
>space for beta stuff right now.
>-----------------------------------

Ok

Nickolay Samofatov