Re: CAP 13: Bad CAL-QUERY example / description?

It seems to me that some of the queries we are discussing allow us to get 
only properties with no component context,  or expect the CUA to maintain 
the context as it awaits the result of the query, i.e., Store the event 
that I'm finding the VALARMs for, then query for the VALARMs and relate the 
results to the stored event. Isn't this opening up huge possibilities for 
errors and mixed-up data (as someone pointed out merging all of the VALARMS 
or VEVENT properties into one big thing has little purpose)?  With the 
complexity of CAP the last thing I'd want to do would be introduce 
ambiguity like that.

It seems to me that a component should be the "atomic" element retrieved 
for queries, and the CUA should do its own parsing/query of properties to 
find out more of the details, but that's just my opinion. I would like to 
go back and read some of the QUERY development process in the archives - 
does anyone have a guess about what timeframes this was taking place?

Thanks
Tim Hare
Interested Bystander, Non-Inc.


At 06:26 PM 6/3/04, you wrote:


>[email protected] wrote:
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>>Doug replied on 06/03/2004 04:38:51 PM:
>> > > So I guess the question of usefulness arrises from this.  Whats the
>> > > use of (c) if it has the undesirable effect of bleeding multiple
>> > > VALARMs into 1 big mush of properties?  (The same can be asked of
>> > > Mikes SELECT VEVENT.* FROM VAGENDA example...)
>> >
>> > The example shows you what you get if you do that, for what ever reason
>> > you might want it.
>> > I would agree that in most cases that is not what you want.
>>
>>Out of curiosity, can anyone describe a case when you would want this 
>>(VEVENT.* or VALARM.*) as opposed to no ".*"?
>
>Please read the rest of my reply - where I did.
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Tim Hare
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