xml in sted of database

[castali]

I must do a shop on line with 1 to 3000 articles .... is it realist to use only xml to store products (updating adding deleting searching) and customers ... ?

if yes is there any good example somewhere ?

thank you

 

[jel]

I don't think that it's a good idea.
Databases are much better in storing and finding data: that's what they're designed for, after all.
For example: to search in an xml-file, you'd have to load the whole file, and searching is not optimized by indexes etc.
Only save data in xml-files if you are sure that you need exactly that same set again next time.

 

[castali]

yes of course SQL language is very easy to use... it was just an idea ... thank you

 

[chiph]

This has been discussed before -- it's ok to use XML to store application configuration info, but it's not suited for use as a general purpose database. Aside from it being slow, not having any multiuser abilities, and performing badly over a network, it's biggest problem is a lack of ACID support (if programs crashes in the middle of an update, it corrupts the XML file).

Chip H.


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[castali]

thank you !