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[Anirudhsinh Zala]

Hi Bruce..

what's xml file ? a kind of db to store data..

but as other said.it's slow to access data..bcoz it's not well 
formatted...query will take longer time than retrieving data from db..bcoz 
db is well normalized and data is stored in proper way..

also u can't store well fornmatted data..into xslt or xml...
ya u can use them to store..less data compare to db..specially or common or 
global data for which frequent access is needed.in those cases xml is useful 
bcoz we don't need to access db frequently..

but this tech is new..and doesn't work as fast as db..

however we also use xml files to store data...which r used repetetively..but 
not for storing larger data..

Sometimes xml r very useful for transferring data..perhaps this is the 
excellent use of xml

when u need to transfer data from one db to other db or server then xml can 
be very useful as it can also store..data with field values so while storing 
data into other db, we can easily select db fields...from xml and store data 
in exact manner as it was in previous db..

Thanks

Anirudh Zala


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>Hi!
>
>I've been asking a number of people this question but haven't received a
>satisfactory answer, so was wondering if anyone here can help.
>
>Both a database (such as MySQL) and XML can be used for storing,
>manipulating (XML w/ XSLT), rendering data.
>
>How does one decide between the two?
>
>One scenario I might be dealing with soon is taking product information
>from a DOS system and throwing it out to either MySQL or XML for posting on
>a web site.
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Bruce




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