Martijn,

MT> "as it validates native XML storage"

MT> no it doesn't. It just shows that the industry is ignorant and marketing
MT> buzz takes over :-)

make it "document-centered storage" and it makes a lot more sense. How
do you sign a document if it's scattered in many relational parts into
the database? So far the only acceptable solution with a pure
relational database is to store the document (say XML ;-)) in a blob
field, and "normalize" it for querying and analysis. But the official
data stays in the blob field. Tools to support document-centered
storage without data duplication are what I would need to be able to
keep doing everything the relational way.

Ciao
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Nando Dessena
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