>> like comparing Playboy to People Magazine. so which one is the Playboy?
and what about "Leather Fetish Monthly" - is that for CSV users? cheers barry.b -----Original Message----- From: Scott Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 11:57 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Handling XML in CFMX was Re: Anyone got any ideas on a list I personally regard XML vs DB with CFMX to be like comparing Playboy to People Magazine. XML = for the poor DB = for the rich. Storing data in an XML file for applications that only need to initialize data once (ie a blog storing posts and such in application scope) to be a really cool alternative to the usual SQL choice. Great for small apps that don't need allot of DB power to manage data, and get load majority into memory. Scott "Ayudh Nagara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No question that data should ideally be stored in a database - that's what > it's for. I was referring to situations where you need to store data in a > text file for whatever reason, maybe to pass it to an external app, submit > in a http post, or to send as an email attachment, etc. > > I would also agree that it's tricky (not to mention inefficient) to > manipulate an XML file, even with the help of the CFMX XML functions, and I > would avoid trying to update an XML file once it's created. > > Where XML is extremely useful and flexible is as a medium of data > interchange between systems, where one application creates it, and another > application consumes it. So application A creates the XML file from its > database, then passes it to application B which pulls out the data to update > its database. > > I share your concern that often XML is used for the wrong purpose. > > Regards: Ayudh > > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Put money in your bank while you're on the road. | > | Secure credit card payment by SMS messaging. | > | VeriPay mPOS from Xilo Online: http://www.xilo.com/mpos | > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "spike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:43 > Subject: [cfaussie] OT: Handling XML in CFMX was Re: Anyone got any ideas on > a list > > > > I would have to respectfully disagree with part of what you're saying > here. > > > > Storing data as XML in a text file can get pretty nasty when you later > > want to manipulate it from CFMX. > > > > Let's say you have the following: > > > > <company> > > <employee> > > <firstname></firstname> > > <lastname></lastname> > > </employee> > > <employee> > > <firstname></firstname> > > <lastname></lastname> > > </employee> > > </company> > > > > Now, I store this in an XML file and at some later stage I want to add a > > new employee. > > > > The code required to do this is ugly at best, and that's for a simple > > XML document. When you have a document that goes down to 5 or 6 levels, > > and you want to add a new node somewhere deep down in the structure can > > be plain nasty. > > > > In short, there can definitely be times where you'll regret it over > > using a database, > > > > Spike > > > > Ayudh Nagara wrote: > > > > >Whenever you need to store data records in a plain text file, it's a job > for > > >XML. It's not that hard to get into and once you've set it up, you'll > never > > >regret the flexibility it offers. If you're only using the data within > CF, > > >maybe use WDDX which provides some nice shortcuts. > > > > > >Regards: Ayudh > > > > > >+--------------------------------------------------------------+ > > >| Put money in your bank while you're on the road. | > > >| Secure credit card payment by SMS messaging. | > > >| VeriPay mPOS from Xilo Online: http://www.xilo.com/mpos | > > >+--------------------------------------------------------------+ > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Gareth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Newsgroups: cfaussie > > >To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 08:57 > > >Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Anyone got any ideas on a list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Anyone know how I might use a text file in a way that I may use two > values > > >>per record. I know how to make a list from a text file but that only > > >> > > >> > > >carries > > > > > > > > >>one value per record. I want to be able to have two or even three values > > >> > > >> > > >per > > > > > > > > >>record. > > >> > > >>Cheers > > >> > > >>Gareth > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>--- > > >>You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > >> > > >> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >>MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >--- > > >You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
