> Instead I want to store the data as XML in a text field. Pretty simple > right? > > I format the data using cfwddx. This way I can easily format the data as it > comes in and out of the database. It works great. > > But now I ran into a problem. What if I want to search by model? Say I want > all the items in the database that are model "XYZ". Well the only option I > have it to search the xml text field for XYZ, but then I "could" get double > the number of fields I want if any other xml data has "XYZ" in it.
As you already discovered, it's not so simple after all... Storing structured XML data as blogs inside a RDMS isn't necessarely a great idea... > Does anyone know of a good solution to this? Is there a way to search the > specific xml fields while its still in the database? I've looked into the > Microsoft OpenXML, but that seems overly complex. You may check some native XML database, like Tamino or Xindice but, sincerely I never used them, only read something ---------------------------- Massimo Foti Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer http://www.massimocorner.com/ ---------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
