Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (579 mails)

[Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser@xxxxxxxxx>]

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houghi wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 01:28:09PM +0200, Azerion wrote:
>> Op dinsdag 4 april 2006 11:31, schreef houghi:
>>> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:58:12AM +0200, Azerion wrote:
>>>> How is you're xml-thing going? (switch topic :P )
>>> Lousy. I just can't get the hang of XML. I am afraid I will have to give
>>> up on it, because my technical knowledge is not sufficent. After all this
>>> time I still don't have anything real to show for.
>>>
>> Why do you want it in XML anyway? Can't this be done with a proper database?

XML is more convenient to be transformed into various formats, for
example with XSL Transformation Stylesheets:
- - HTML pages
- - plain text files
- - PHP arrays for a dynamic web interface
- - SQL scripts for database
- - Smart channel files
- - Smart mirror config files
...

> So it can be downloaded to your machine and used in a multitude of ways.

Yes, that too.

> A database will be much more restricted to a single place that you then
> must contact.

And it's pretty much a tree structure anyway, so XML is a quite natural
choice.

> Having a (online) database would be perhaps not as easy to use in other
> programs or scripts. I am no idea, so make a database, put it online and
> prove me wrong. ;-)

I don't think a database would be very convenient. You have to provide
dumps and/or online access to be able to use the data.

cheers
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