Comments on: Getting data out of MySQL http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/ Thoughts from the edge of the 'net Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: noel http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1210 noel Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:47:52 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1210 We used JSON for one thing in wiserearth but I didn't implement it. I should make an excuse to use it for something. My current project has a REST API, but they already settled on XML for it. We used JSON for one thing in wiserearth but I didn’t implement it. I should make an excuse to use it for something. My current project has a REST API, but they already settled on XML for it.

]]> By: François Schiettecatte http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1185 François Schiettecatte Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:56:31 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1185 I took a look at JSON recently and implemented it for a personal project here. I found it to be very well thought out, it is very lightweight and requires less resources to parse than XML which makes it a very nice alternative when you don't need all the features of XML. I took a look at JSON recently and implemented it for a personal project here. I found it to be very well thought out, it is very lightweight and requires less resources to parse than XML which makes it a very nice alternative when you don’t need all the features of XML.

]]> By: noel http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1178 noel Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:19:13 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1178 oh NM...that's what you're saying use JSON for! Duh... oh NM…that’s what you’re saying use JSON for! Duh…

]]> By: noel http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1175 noel Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:06:22 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1175 POST would require some kind of expected structure though would it not? XML? Very cool nonetheless. What about more complex tables/rows? What if I wanted to select 5 columns at once out of a table by its key? What does the return structure give me? POST would require some kind of expected structure though would it not? XML?

Very cool nonetheless. What about more complex tables/rows? What if I wanted to select 5 columns at once out of a table by its key? What does the return structure give me?

]]> By: François Schiettecatte http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1128 François Schiettecatte Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:58:55 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1128 Hi Paul Great, I would have settled for GET, but making support for PUT, POST and DELETE possible would be great. Hi Paul

Great, I would have settled for GET, but making support for PUT, POST and DELETE possible would be great.

]]> By: Paul McCullagh http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1117 Paul McCullagh Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:21:52 +0000 http://fschiettecatte.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/getting-data-out-of-mysql/#comment-1117 Hi François, As you have noted, the BLOB streaming engine turns MySQL into a "RESTful" application. I am sure this will please Roy Fielding, and fits perfectly into the MySQL Web 2.0 strategy! What you are now suggesting is that we enable retrieval of entire records (or a selection of records) in JSON. Then, as you say, an application could just GET the data it wants out of the database (it could also use PUT to insert, POST to update and DELETE to ... delete records, for that matter). Excellent idea! :) I will make sure that the server-side streaming API makes this possible! Hi François,

As you have noted, the BLOB streaming engine turns MySQL into a “RESTful” application. I am sure this will please Roy Fielding, and fits perfectly into the MySQL Web 2.0 strategy!

What you are now suggesting is that we enable retrieval of entire records (or a selection of records) in JSON. Then, as you say, an application could just GET the data it wants out of the database (it could also use PUT to insert, POST to update and DELETE to … delete records, for that matter).

Excellent idea! :) I will make sure that the server-side streaming API makes this possible!

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