Actually, in a relational database, you do store metadata in the database,
along with the data it describes.
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From: "Ed Carp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: XML support under mySQL
> Gorjan Todorovski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
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> > Since XML is a way to exchange data...and it is protocol/platform
indepdnent
> > there is a very good reason to have XML docuemts going in and out the
>
> No, it's not. You store *data* in a database, *not* metadata. Do you
understand the difference?
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