ScottR Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I'm a bit confused here. I understand the purpose of xml files, and how to write simple xml files. What I don't seem to get is when you are grabbing information from an xml file does that file stand alone or is that file included in a database. Here's where I get lost. If infact I need to add my xml file to a database then the whole xml situation seems useless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 adding xml to a database is not necessarily useless.I've seen folks put XML content into a field inthe database just to store a bunch of information that they didn't want to waste extra fields in the database with - that would be on reason why XML could be stored in a DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 And to answer the other question- No. The information is not included in a database or anything, unless you instruct it to. It's only captured directly, the same way the information from an SQL database is captured and handled directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Ok thank you. That's pretty much what I thought...Use databases for secure information, and use xml for non-secure information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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