To get the xml into the database via some server side technology the xml will need to get converted into string format at some point. When you retrieve it from the database via server side tech, it will again be as a string, you will have to convert it back into a proper xml object at some point, either on the server or in the flex client. I don't think there is any way around that.
I have done the same thing for many projects and have never had a problem. The database thinks you're saving a huge string (which it is) and actionscript can quickly parse a large xml string back into an XML object very quickly. Go for the easy, clean, quick solution. Derrick ------------- Derrick Grigg www.dgrigg.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ben Marchbanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a complex XML object that is constructed in Flex. I would like > to store this in mySQL whole in a single field and then retrieve and > display the data at a later time in my Flex app. What I would like to > avoid is parsing and reconstructing the XML in order to display it > again in Flex. > > Any suggestions or points on how to handle this....... >
