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SamC
White Water Yakist
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 Posted - 2003-03-23 : 15:14:08
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| I've noticed that graz hasn't responded to Jay's suggestion for a design forum. What's that old saying about picking your battles? Here I go....How about starting an XML forum? XML is integrated into SQL 2000, and (IMHO) XML is more like a flat file database than a document language.Sam |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
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Posted - 2003-03-23 : 15:44:52
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| Why not just leave it for Developer? You'd might format data into XML and export it somewhere, but never want to store XML in SQL Server. That suggests some kind of application layer to consume XML.Incidentally, XML is a document specification, not a language, nor a database (Thank God!) It differs substantially from a flat file because it contains extensive metadata in addition to real data. Flat files also don't have a real structure (just a format), while XML is rigidly structured and clearly defined. |
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SamC
White Water Yakist
3467 Posts |
Posted - 2003-03-23 : 17:43:31
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See?  We're so far apart on our perceptions of XML we need a XML forum to sort it out!I don't know if there is enough XML development around to entertain a forum - or not. On the flip side, I would like to find an XML forum to research ASP solutions and get questions answered. In particular, I'd like to find some ASP (maybe .NET) solutions to render pages by pulling selected content out of an XML file. I believe this relies on Xpath / Xpointer, and I'd rather pursue it in ASP than .NET. There must be an ASP library out there to help out.Sam |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
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Posted - 2003-03-23 : 17:50:34
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Oh hell yeah! .Net will slice and dice and make all kinds of french fries out of XML using native functions. They're in the .Net documentation, don't worry, you CAN'T miss them. There's god knows how many libraries. If you need straight ASP, go to MSDN and you'll find tons of stuff on the XML libraries.More techniques can be found on:http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/http://www.learnasp.com/http://www.aspalliance.com/XPath is touched on a little bit, I don't know of any extensive coverage, but if you Google "XPath Tutorial" you'll find something. I know thathttp://www.xml101.com/had something, but I don't think it's around anymore.  And I don't really have a problem with XML questions, they should just have something to do with SQL Server.  Edited by - robvolk on 03/23/2003 17:52:42 |
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Yet another forum suggestion - XML