Hi
Soumitra,
thx for ur
reply.
Why file system seems to be inconvenient for
me?
1.
I already have some data in the RDBMS database. So I have to manage (backup,
maintain etc) 2 things the rdbms data and the xml files on the local file
system.
I
would like to store everything in one type of storate
system.
(well I can get rid of the rdbms by keeping this
data again in xml files)
2.
If I store the xml files in database, security of the data can be manages in
much better fashion
3.
This is what I assume ==> If I store the xmls in xml aware database
system,
--
creating DOM from the blob
--
performing queries
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performing XSLT , XPath might be much efficient
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besides I will need indexing and searching capabilities
Basically this is my
requirement;
I
have built an internet based application; where new users come in; create
account; a new xml file is created for each of the new user.
His personal information (name, email address, etc,
his profession related data) will be stored in the xml file. (This data is
highly structured and hierarchical)
I
expect the size of each xml to be 10k to 30k.
The same user can come into the system again to
modify and update his information; that time the application builds DOM and
keeps the DOM in the memory till the user logs out.
Other users can come into the system and can view
the data of other users. There maintainance of DOM is not required but lot
of XSLT and XPath queries will be performed. This is where I need to achieve
better efficiency (I have not yet got any answers to it)
I
want to to perform the XSLT and XPath as efficiently as
possible.
Search capabilities;
1.
indexing on the elements and attributes of the elements
I
should be able to specify in the configuration what elements and attributes
should be indexed;
2.
full text indexing
Now there are few responses to this thread which
suggest to use eXcelon and Ipedo. I will start evaluating them. But I wonder
if I can use them.
Mine is not an enterprise application; I plan to
price tag this application at about US$ 2,000-4000. And using these
specialized xml db servers would be commercially unviable. That is why I am
looking for a no cost solution. However I am definitely looking for
prospects where a high performance is required for the custiomers of my
product. There I can provide a customized
solution.
Hope this gives more Idea as to what am I
upto.
regards
Haresh
Haresh Gujarathi wrote:
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Naturally
there is inconvenience in storing the xmls on the file system.
Could you explain your
requirements a bit more. Why is it that you find the filesystem
inconvenient?
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I am looking
for 2 solutions ; a zero cost solution
If you go back and check the
archives of this list, you will find announcements for couple of open
source initiatves.
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and
reasonable cost solutions (may be involving the xml aware databases like
Ixiasoft xml server)
Take a look at our
Xfinity Server. It is a reasonable cost solution and is fully XML
aware.
http://www.b-bop.com/products_xfinity_server.htm
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1. In
considering a database as storage mechanism, what advantages I would
get
2. In such
scenario what other people do?
3. If I want
to store the xmls in say MySQL, how do I do it and does mysql have any
special features?
Xfinity is tested on
MySQL on Linux.
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4. What
about MS-SQL server;
Xfinity
supports MS-SQL Server 7.0 and 2000.
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5. Should
xmls be stored as blobs in the rdbms databases?
Depends on whether you need granular access
to your XML documents or not. Also what kind of search capabilities
you need and what performance requirements you have.
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6.
Optionally, I am also looking for 'search' ability where the
database should be able to index the elements of xml file and perform
search.
A better explanation of your requirements
would help but Xfinity supports "all of the reqs" you mention here out of
the box.
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regards
Haresh
Gujarathi
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