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Agreed! It's kind of fascinating that a better standard hasn't emerged yet, but not surprising given that each one is developed in isolation by a different orga
by ctc24 4y ago
Agreed! It's kind of fascinating that a better standard hasn't emerged yet, but not surprising given that each one is developed in isolation by a different organization.
Definitely a lot of room for improvement. Curious if anyone has thoughts about the best route to getting such a standard / protocol in place: it seems like a lot of stars would have to align, but would be invaluable nonetheless.
- lidavidm 4y agoAs mentioned by others elsewhere in the thread, Apache Arrow Flight SQL aims to be a standard wire protocol that multiple databases can implement, using a columnar data representation: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/FlightSql.html https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/FlightSql.html However it's early days yet.
- layer8 4y agoSuch a nonproprietary protocol would reduce vendor lock-in, hence vendors have no incentive to develop one.
- tabtab 4y agoAs mentioned under the other "XML" suggestion, dedicated services can be created to serve up the standard even if DB vendors don't cooperate.