Re: Using XML and a relational database

From: Pat <pat_at_microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:06:07 +0800
Message-ID: <cle80u$28u6$1@news.hgc.com.hk>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1098423328.126517_at_yasure...
> Gregory Burd wrote:
>
> > Why are you using a relational database for XML? We have a native XML
> > database that could solve your problems.
> >
> > -greg
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Gregory Burd
> > Product Manager gburd_at_sleepycat.com
> > Sleepycat Software, Inc. http://www.sleepycat.com/
>
> The only problems solved by an XML database are having too much unused
> disk space, too much bandwidth, too much scalability, and too much
> performance.
>
> I'll put money on every XML database company being out of busines within
> ten years. Or, perhaps optimistically, joining the large number of
> successful companies selling object databases.
>
> And thank you for posting to every usenet group you could spell.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

If that's the case and native XML databases no longer exist in this world (just like XQL?), will you perceive all XML, XSLT, XQuery, etc (what else?) just vanish?

Just discussion. Received on Sat Oct 23 2004 - 13:06:07 CDT