Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
Of course, if you really want to rock, try combining XQuery+XQueryP+APP+a native XML database. Once the tooling matures a bit, that's a stack that's going to make all previous web dev frameworks look like PowerBuilder.
Not a chance. There is no such thing as a native XML database and there never will be because XML is a file format (oops, data format), and an extremely inefficient one at that. To have a native database you need a data model. XML uses the hierarchical model and if you're going to build a native hierarchical database you sure wouldn't use the wasteful XML format internally to store the data.
And if you insist on using XML just because its so wonderful to use 17 characters to store the state <STATE>NY</STATE>, it will never be able to compete with even the most immature relational engines for pure speed. Maybe on example and toy sites, but never for anything that needs to scale.
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