Re: XML and RDBMS/OODBMS
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 23:02:00 +0200
Message-ID: <20030506230200.2df1cf38.wettin_at_users.sourceforge.net>
On Tue, 6 May 2003 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC)
"Mirch Masala" <9rowzn01i_at_9rowzn01i.com> wrote:
> > For serious business processing, I still think the older EDI stuff
> > works better for performance and efficiency.
>
> Wasn't the problem with EDI that it was too complex and was never widely
> adopted :-?
EDI isn't complex. Actually, it's quite simple. And it has been totaly adopted by the logistics-, bank- and the telecom-industry, how now are moving on to XML.
EDI has two major flaws: fixed maximum attribute size and the impossible task of reverse engineering a message.
Unless you need to process hundreds of messages each second, use XML. In the end it will save you and your customers lots of pain. Escpecilly while debugging the application.
karl Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 23:02:00 CEST