> > Also, if Microsoft Access is thought of as a real alternative in the
> > questions asked, what about XML files?
>
> What about them?
>
> I find XML files support in DBMS to be a marketing trick and nothing more.
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov

What he said.

XML doesn't belong in a db _except_ for "original storage purposes".

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