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Asked: 2026-05-10T18:07:20+00:00

Is there a dialect of XML for defining the tables, indexes and relations of

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Is there a dialect of XML for defining the tables, indexes and relations of a relational database, and a ‘compiler’ or stylesheet to transform that definition into SQL CREATE statements (DDL)?

EG, something that might look like:

<Table Name='orders'>     <Column Name='order_id' Type='varchar' Size='20'/>     ... etc ... </Table>

I’d like to keep the configuration of a service and its dependencies all in one place, and XML is looking like the best choice because of its wide support and its ability to mix namespaces. With it, I could write an installation program that can install this service and create the database, its tables, indexes, relations, etc. without being tied to a specific SQL implementation.

Edit: This has nothing to do with ORM.

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  1. Something like xml2ddl?

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