[PHP-DB] databases and XML

Hi List, I was wondering what strategies people are using to handle large volumes of XML data: How do you store the data? e.g.: Text-files, databases (which one)...? How big are your datasets? e.g.: MB, GB, TB...? What do you use to query the data? e.g.: PHP w/ text-files, SQLServer with "for x

Re: [PHP-DB] databases and XML

Yves Sucaet wrote: Hi List, I was wondering what strategies people are using to handle large volumes of XML data: How do you store the data? e.g.: Text-files, databases (which one)...? How big are your datasets? e.g.: MB, GB, TB...? What do you use to query the data? e.g.: PHP w/ text-files, S

Re: [PHP-DB] databases and XML

Well, we're actually in the process of developing a DB that's only accessible through XML/XQuery. But before we add new features it would be good to get an idea of what the needs are "in the field", sort of speak. So instead of artifically trying to map a DTD to an RDBMS scheme, our engine can acc

Re: [PHP-DB] databases and XML

XML handles hierarchical structuring of data, a relational database system handles relational structuring of data. Imho, usage of any of these methods depend on the requirements of the system to be built. That being said, I'm not sure what the real need would be for, like you say, a database only a