I think ugh is an overreaction. :-) gils.location=[point(34,76)] is just as nice as gils.location =/point "34,76". Personally, I think it is better, as it puts the extensions into the term part rather than the relation. Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Handling structures in XCQL and CQL > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:29:15 -0400 > > From: "LeVan,Ralph" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Why not pick a different bracketing character other than the > > double-quote? Put the structure inside brackets. > > > > geo.countryBorders within [boundingRect(13N25W, 25S70E)] > > Ugh, no! There's no need to change the CQL syntax to accomodate this. > > _/|_ > _______________________________________________________________ > /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> > http://www.miketaylor.org.uk > )_v__/\ "St. Augustine [...] came up with the conclusion that the > story in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 was not a simple historical > sequence of events. It just couldn't be. It's not what > the words meant. It just wasn't" -- Robert Bakker. > > -- > Listen to my wife's new CD of kids' music, _Child's Play_, at > http://www.pipedreaming.org.uk/childsplay/ >