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Hello everybody: I wanna know what exatcly XML is.I find out that I can store some information in XML file and use it during runtime,but what is advantage or disadvantage of this method than using database?When should I use XML and when should I use Acees/SQLServer ? Is XML something more than storing some piece of inforamtion?Any suggestion would be appreciated. :) Thanks Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
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Hello everybody: I wanna know what exatcly XML is.I find out that I can store some information in XML file and use it during runtime,but what is advantage or disadvantage of this method than using database?When should I use XML and when should I use Acees/SQLServer ? Is XML something more than storing some piece of inforamtion?Any suggestion would be appreciated. :) Thanks Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
One of the cool things about XML is the fact that it is just a string, making it very generic. This makes it very simple to send from one application to another, (or even one business to another) without having to worry about special software requirements. Another advantage is that it is completely disconnected from a database. You could have a COM component which gets information from the database and returns it as XML. This makes it easier to split the layers of an application. Then there's also XSLT (which is pretty cool once you understand it). And don't forget about .Net, which is very XML-happy.
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One of the cool things about XML is the fact that it is just a string, making it very generic. This makes it very simple to send from one application to another, (or even one business to another) without having to worry about special software requirements. Another advantage is that it is completely disconnected from a database. You could have a COM component which gets information from the database and returns it as XML. This makes it easier to split the layers of an application. Then there's also XSLT (which is pretty cool once you understand it). And don't forget about .Net, which is very XML-happy.
Thank you MarSCoZa :) Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
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Hello everybody: I wanna know what exatcly XML is.I find out that I can store some information in XML file and use it during runtime,but what is advantage or disadvantage of this method than using database?When should I use XML and when should I use Acees/SQLServer ? Is XML something more than storing some piece of inforamtion?Any suggestion would be appreciated. :) Thanks Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
First I would not compare it to a database. There are XML databases but an XML file and a database are not the same thing. XML is a method to package data to then send in whatever protocal or format you choose. By using this method you can use standard tools to parse and extract (or create) the data. Also once in this form you have many tools to reformat the data as needed (XSLT...) To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
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First I would not compare it to a database. There are XML databases but an XML file and a database are not the same thing. XML is a method to package data to then send in whatever protocal or format you choose. By using this method you can use standard tools to parse and extract (or create) the data. Also once in this form you have many tools to reformat the data as needed (XSLT...) To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
Thank you Michael. :) Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
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Hello everybody: I wanna know what exatcly XML is.I find out that I can store some information in XML file and use it during runtime,but what is advantage or disadvantage of this method than using database?When should I use XML and when should I use Acees/SQLServer ? Is XML something more than storing some piece of inforamtion?Any suggestion would be appreciated. :) Thanks Mazy "The path you tread is narrow and the drop is shear and very high, The ravens all are watching from a vantage point near by, Apprehension creeping like a choo-train uo your spine, Will the tightrope reach the end;will the final cuplet rhyme?"Cymbaline-Pink Floyd
HI Mazy, Log onto the MSDN site MSDN.microsoft.com and read the "extreme XML" column postings. Alice thought that running very fast for a long time would get you to somewhere else. " A very slow kind of country!" said the queen. "Now, here , you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place".
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HI Mazy, Log onto the MSDN site MSDN.microsoft.com and read the "extreme XML" column postings. Alice thought that running very fast for a long time would get you to somewhere else. " A very slow kind of country!" said the queen. "Now, here , you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place".