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XML versus mysql

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:55 am
by hame22
Hi

I am planning to set up a search facility on my site which queries a datastore - all very simple stuff, however I wondered the advantages/disadvantages of storing this data as XMl rather then in a mysql database.

The datastore could have a couple of thousand entries and this search facility may be rolled out over other sites hence why I am thinking about using xml.

However my knowlege of this is quite miniaml, I just wondered if anyone has any thoughts and any good sites where I could read up on this subject.

Thanks in advance

Re: XML versus mysql

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:29 am
by Kieran Huggins
Go MySQL - XML is a headache.

Re: XML versus mysql

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:58 am
by pickle
No comparison. MySQL is a database & as such was built to retrieve data easily and powerfully.