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What is the advantage to XML?
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21/02/2002 12:16:37
 
 
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21/02/2002 12:15:45
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Internet applications
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00623229
Message ID:
00623231
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>I think I understand what XML is. Its just a superset of HTML. You can make a table by defining things like:
>
>123
>Some
>Guy
>

>
>I just don't understand the advantage of using XML over using a database, especially for web apps. Why not just use ADO so you can use SQL, etc., to get, update data from a database? Is XML faster, more flexible? Any explanations with examples would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Chris

oops! That top part should be
<employee>
<emp_no>123</emp_no>
<fname>Some</fname>
<lname>Guy</lname>
</employee>
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