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Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > I'm a little surprised that more products don't support mixed > content. I must say that if a so-called XML database doesn't > support semi-structured data and mixed content, I really can't > see why you'd use it instead of a relational database. In fact, > I'd venture to say that if your database can't handle mixed content, > then it isn't an XML database. Mixed content is a *very* fundamental > part of XML, not something that can be ignored. > > I guess I'll have to add "Do you support mixed content?" to the > list of tough questions I bother XML database vendors with on the > exhibit floor at conferences. :-) No need. I just need to write more clearly. All native XML databases support mixed content and its companion, sibling order. What I was referring to was XML-enabled relational databases and middleware that use a (data-centric) object-relational mapping. Except for XML-DBMS, these don't support mixed content or storing sibling order information in the database (AFAIK). This is for good reason -- data centric applications pretty much care about neither. -- Ron
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