On the other hand, proclaimed "native" XML databases (eg, Software AG's Tamino, Ixiasoft's TEXTML) store the "XML-wrapped" data in the database...no need to wrap and unwrap the metadata, document/data structure from the data.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Carp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Lovatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: RE: XML > > I am looking at a project using XML to import and export data into MySql > > directly or using php. The datasets are quite large (40-50 million records) > > XML is a metadata technology - you wrap data in XML. You don't use XML to import or export data. You don't store XML in a > database, you store data. > > When you fetch the data from the database, you wrap it in XML and send it on its way. Does that make it simpler? > > sql,mysql > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
