Why do you say "in XML"?

In XML is equivalent to "in English". In other words, neither XML nor English is any kind of place where anything is "stored".

Seems to me that if you store that XML in local data storage then you are only fooling yourself if you believe that "I have never had a single requirement to store data locally when using .NET".

I might even go so far as to postulate that XML is more a contrivance to perpetuate the constant change that many vendors need to keep themselves in business.

cheers

>Bob
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>Not much more to add but ...
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>>You mean like Local Data in .Net?
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>I have never had a single requirement to store data locally when using .NET - period. Most local meta-data is stored in XML. If I wanted real local data in .NET, I would just use MSDE/SQL Server 2005 Express. I don't really see the issue with this? Finally, SQL Everywhere looks like it may just resolve the "local data" issue quite nicely - time will tell.
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>Best