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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	XML to replace a db? Some used to say yes, I say no! In "theory", it could, but in reality, I'd use both: XML as a data exchange format, the db as a storage device, because that's the difference: XML is not meant to be a storage device. XML is mainly a data definition/exchange format, I'd do what you want to achieve using the db as a "backbone/skeleton", and XML as "flesh": I'd output XML files on the fly from the db. And for the good tutorial, check [url=http://www.w3schools.org]http://www.w3schools.org[/url] Loading...
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