Re: What's behind the scene in a database

From: Vladimir M. Zakharychev <bob_at_dpsp-yes.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:34:10 +0400
Message-ID: <am7b1f$91g$1@babylon.agtel.net>

"Mikael Osterhed" <moster_no_spam_67_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:tZqh9.1857$Av4.37051_at_twister2.libero.it...
> "What's behind the scene in a database ?" and what makes Oracle the
> prime-choice..

Well, for me it's power Oracle gives me to do things right inside it that I have to program externally with other rdbms. Plus the unique way it works which makes it highly concurrent.

>
> And what about XML ? Will XML change the way are using a database today ?
>

Don't think so. XML may be good for data exchange between different systems, but it is not by any means suitable for generic relational data storage or processing (or any other type of data for that matter.) Being text-based makes it extremely inefficient for data storage - it just takes too much space. All major db vendors already implemented support for XML at various levels into their products, but actually there's not much use for it despite the fact that it's pushed everywhere and is tried for every imaginable task.

My $0.02

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Received on Tue Sep 17 2002 - 08:34:10 CDT