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Nope, stupid patent. People were rendering SQL results in HTML for at least two years when that patent was filed. When I say people, I mean me. On publicly ava
by cowmix 6y ago
Nope, stupid patent. People were rendering SQL results in HTML for at least two years when that patent was filed.
When I say people, I mean me. On publicly available websites. :)
- pnw_hazor 6y agoWere you using a specialized macro language sitting in between the form fields and the SQL? In the claims this is the element: "(c) substituting the data entered by the user into the HTML input form into a dynamic SQL query using a common name space, wherein the common name space comprises variables found in both the dynamic SQL query and the HTML input form;" This expired patent is much narrower than just rendering SQL results in HTML. It claims a particular way of mapping form field inputs to SQL using an intermediate macro language and a macro file that is employed per request/post that defines the mapping rules for the request.