I think I have a clear idea of what to do now. Thanks.
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:56:48 -0800, Darren Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:13 PM -0800 1/22/05, Jeff wrote: > >I'm making something that requires XML. (ooh, secretness) > >It would also be nice to use SQLite with it, but I am confused about > >how much things I need to put into the database and how much that > >needs to stay on the file system. > >You probably didn't understand that. My describing skills suck. > >Here is the question: Should I store XML files in a database, or > >should I just put it on the file system. Which would be faster? > > I would say that it depends on their quantity or use. If you are > having thousands of little XML files, then store all of them in a > SQLite database, each one in a SQLite record, where the XML is all in > a large text field, and other fields in the row contain a few details > you would look it up by. If you have just a few large XML files, > then store them in the file system. A database is also useful if you > want to look up your XML document by multiple criteria rather than > just by one. -- Darren Duncan > -- Jeff
