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At 12:49 PM 9/29/2005, Michael Rys wrote: >In general the problem you are looking at is the general data modeling >question: How close does your logical design (the XML structure in your >store) be coupled with your conceptual design (the XML structure as seen >by the consumer of the data). Many of the comments you make below are >appropriate and are closely related to the questions of relational data vs >XML data and relational normalizations vs denormalizations. I'd take this a little further to say, "What is the purpose of the XML being designed?". It is implied in the description of moving a picker that I'm removing an old entry and creating a new one. Is my XML supposed to be the data base or is a report of the current status of pickers. As a report, all the work is done in the application and just output. If my XML is the database and it drives the associated applications, then I might do something different. ..dan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danny Vint Specializing in Panoramic Images of California and the West http://www.dvint.com voice: 510-522-4703
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