Paul,

> You are missing the point.

Oh yes, I might be very stubborn on the issue :-)

> The issue is not storing but querying in an efficient way.

Like what? XML does nothing that a relational DBMS can't do.

> Don't think about relational data. XML is used to store structured and

semi-structured data of a different nature.

>
> Think about XPath or XQuery and then imagine querying your database for

documents or document fragments holding a given XPath pattern.

>

XPath/XQuery is nothing but patches to something that
should be used for data exchange. Not storage.

> If you are still clueless, you can then try to follow the xml-dev list for

a while to get a feeling for it... but it is so hard to get some usefull
information from all the purely academic-but-useless crap that goes around
there...

>

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server
Upscene Productions
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