Xapian discuss - Dec 2010 - Can be Xapian used to perform standard SQL statements?

Hello,

I'm developing an HTTP application server dedicated to IR. The server side
languaje is Javascript throught the Webkit Javascript engine exposing
several C++ libraries conforming the commonjs specs.

My question is, can Xapian be used to perform standard SQL statements like
inserts or updates? I undestand that Xapian does it when you perform a query
or save a document but I haven't seen how to perform direct SQL statements.
These would be useful for me since I wouln't have to maintain the database
driver that I actually expose to javascript focusing only in Xapian.

Thanks a lot.

-- 
David

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 01:06:54AM +0100, David G Ortega
wrote:
> My question is, can Xapian be used to perform standard SQL statements like
> inserts or updates? I undestand that Xapian does it when you perform a
query
> or save a document but I haven't seen how to perform direct SQL
statements.
> These would be useful for me since I wouln't have to maintain the
database
> driver that I actually expose to javascript focusing only in Xapian.
Xapian isn't an SQL database.

It's not a relational database either, so I think trying to implement an SQL
layer over the top would be problematic - the SQL model doesn't really fit
well.

Cheers,
    Olly