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At 03:11 PM 7/23/99 -0500, Clinton Gallagher wrote: >Do any of those who have a command of the use of XML remain using relational >databases and in which context as a development tool might the relational >database remain useful? If your information is highly structured and can be fit into the normalized table structure of relational databases easily, you'll probably find you're best off using a relational database rather than piles of difficult-to-search XML files or even a hierarchical object store. They're much quicker for raw search and retrieval if the information fits the rules. On the other hand, if you've got lots of information that's more 'document-like', with unpredictable lengths of content, flexible structures for marking up information on an as-needed basis, or information that shows up in formats you don't always control, then XML, possibly stored in a flexible hierarchical data manager of some sort, is probably a good idea. In either case, it's not that hard to get your information into and out of XML when needed. Store the info the way that's most efficient for your needs, and build bridges between your storage and transmission as required. At least that's my take. Simon St.Laurent XML: A Primer / Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Sharing Bandwidth / Cookies http://www.simonstl.com xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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