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I agree with Michael's estimate of the timing. But I do think we have a lot more to work on than just the syntax. The issues concerning the semantics of transations are real and interesting. Jonathan Michael Rys wrote: > Not fair :-) > > Actually, there is a pretty far advanced proposal for what we call the > data manipulation language. The questions become more political in the > sense I prefer keyword X over Y or error instead of no-op and whether we > need to go beyond the basic language semantics and delve into broader > transaction management issues (I personally hope not). > > So my guess is that it is within the next year that we will see first > output from the working group, but that it will take probably another > two to three years to get the spec to recommendation status.
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