Re: why hierarchy?

> > Could someone demonstrate the advantages of XML or RM at representing
> > the simple example shown at ...
>
> No, I don't think anyone will. You've used up quite a good deal of
> good will. If you wish to proceed in your endevour, I would propose that it
> is your job to do these comparisons.

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/data/u2/pubs/whitepapers/nested_rdbms.pdf

compares RMDB's and IBM's Nested Relational Db's method of modelling "nested" data. www.dbfordummies.com/Example/Ex305.asp shows how to model a portion of that data. Would someone be willing to directly compare RMBD vs dbd in modelling/querying the complete data shown in figure 5 of the white paper? Received on Mon Jul 31 2006 - 17:47:09 CEST