Apart from a seemingly insatiable desire to knock xbase and VFP in every post I don't see the relevance to your reply. The question (in case you missed it) was about the relevance of XML in a particular scenario.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:35 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] M$ is pushing ahead for performance On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Geoff Flight <[email protected]> wrote: > That is only true while the network is not saturated. Sending 5 times the > data that is necessary (and in reality the ratio is far higher) is pointless > as well as a potential problem. XML should only be used when there is a > genuine need not as a typical scenario. > -------------------------------------------------------- This is why C/S is superior then xBase. Your server is asked for what the client needs, instead of pushing the entire index file and usually the entire dbf to the client for every little request. Please don't tell me that some additional tags are worse. dbase floods the bandwidth and just for grins do a reindex. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer First Horizon Bank Memphis TN 901.246-0159 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
