On 7/26/10 10:28 AM, Nitesh krishna P wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to ECM and JCR..Need a basic information... > > I am trying to develop a web application which need to maintain documents (in > storage) also other relevant data related to the document. > > I am thinking to use JackRabbit API in my application to > store/reterive/manage > documents and Database to store relevant document data instead of a content > management system. You should use the JCR API and not useuse the Jackrabbit API unless you absolutely have to.
> > I am not sure if this is a valid approach to use JCR directly in the webApp > and > also any known issues by doing so like scalability etc. It is valid, but given that Jackrabbit can handle the metadata, why not store the documents and metadata in the same place (i.e. Jackrabbit)? If you store the documents and metadata separately, you'll need to worry about XA both with Jackrabbit and your database. Justin > > Please let me know your recommendations. > > Regards, > N > > > >
