[Rdfapi-php-interest] Re: Updating and Removing

[Jonathan H. <hen...@ya...>]

Seaborne, Andy wrote:

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>>From: Jonathan Hendler <mailto:hen...@ya...>
>>Date: 26 April 2005 20:59
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>>RAP is working well so far -
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>>I am coming from a RDMS paradigm.
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>>How would I update and delete entries?
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>>For example:
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>>Say i want to change the value of a parameter...
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>>I would pass in a value to
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>>$dbmodel->replace($s,$v,$o_old, $o_new)?
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>>Can I change $s or $v if they are never an object of svo?
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>>For delete
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>>$dbmodel->remove($statement) - seems simple enough, but there may be a
>>collection of statements - how would I delete based on a query?
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>>Now for a bigger question-
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>>Why aren't Update and Delete part of RDQL?
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>>(http://www.w3.org/Submission/2004/SUBM-RDQL-20040109/)
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>RDQL = RDF Data *Query* Language :-)
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>RDQLPlus does have insert and delete 
>http://rdqlplus.sourceforge.net/
>(Chris Wilper, Cornell University)
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>	Andy
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hehe
True, true. But the 'Q' in SQL isn't for James Bond gadget mastery either :)
And it never hurts to query! (errr... ask)
Thanks very much for the link! (I wonder if RAP could port this - I 
guess RAP wants to stick to w3c recommendations though)