>  Perhaps we can also create something similar to the <exsl:document>
>  element -- a <sql:update> element perhaps -- that contains a SQL query
>  that *is* allowed to update the database. The definition of
>  <sql:update> could state that no two updates can affect the same
>  server (equivalent to saying that no two <exsl:document> elements
>  can target the same file), and that the updates to a particular
>  server must not be executed prior to any queries on that same
>  server.

sounds reasonable to me.

cheers, jim
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