Microsoft XML - Xml db

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Xml db

James

2005-03-19, 7:16 am

Hi - I am looking to start a custom database for a small company. I have
normally used Access data storage but have been looking into XML as a
possible data storage - what are the draw backs of using xml. I believe
speed is an issue but at what size does does an XML database become
unviable - even if you think it is viable in the first place. I was thinking
of serialization for storage proc.

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James Jenkins
www.tamarsolutions.co.uk
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Han

2005-03-20, 11:22 pm

If you regard XML as data storage, you are actually saying file system. XML
as data is independant of data storage. File system as data storage has some
shortcomings compared with database applications. You will not choose it
unless you are sure file system fits to your needs. However you can use
database applications for XML. Some databases like oracle and sql are being
rapidly evolutionazed to support XML natively. Either you can use any
databases like MS Access to store XML data, though without native support of
XML. Even that may be better option than file system.

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Pohwan Han. Seoul. Have a nice day.
"James" <James@REMOVEMEtamarsolutions.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi - I am looking to start a custom database for a small company. I have
> normally used Access data storage but have been looking into XML as a
> possible data storage - what are the draw backs of using xml. I believe
> speed is an issue but at what size does does an XML database become
> unviable - even if you think it is viable in the first place. I was
> thinking of serialization for storage proc.
>
> --
> James Jenkins
> www.tamarsolutions.co.uk
> ..........................................
>
>