Sure, you can store XML. Just create a BLOB field and dump a ton of text in
it. There you go. Instant XML storage in the database....

Now getting the stuff out of there is another thing....

Myles

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Myles Wakeham
Director of Engineering
Tech Solutions Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
Phone (480) 451-7440
Web: www.techsol.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lester Caine [mailto:lester@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:02 AM
> To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] Web Administration of Firebird
>
> Martijn Tonies wrote:
>
> > "SP: Many developers have been looking for XML support and, while most
> > database systems can export or dump to XML, they are looking for native
> XML
> > storage. Is it left to the developer to use a scripting or programming
> > language, or is this perhaps a feature of Firebird? What are your XML
> > features?"
> >
> > Native XML storage? What's that supposed to mean? Rubbish!
>
> I'm banging my head against the same brick wall. All our systems must
> now be eGOV XML Schema compliant, but ask any questions about the
> Schema's, and the answer is "Oh the application is responsible for that!"
>
> I do wonder if anybody has thought about actually 'using' XML ;)
>
> --
> Lester Caine
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