Last time I tried, BDB XML's Python extension crashed and I did not try
too hard to figure out why and switched to something else that did not
(eXist). BDB has been marketed for long as a fast database and will
probably be faster than 4Suite. I doubt that you will find any
benchmarks comparing thos
Storing XML in relational database with indexing feature is exactly
what I need. But 4suite is mentioned from time to time and seemingly
holding better support for python. I have no idea if 4 suite has
provide strong support for random access or relatively random access
for XML database and with in
