[AccessD] XML

 > But yeah I do agree that XML is not an efficient data store. Yet it's the format of choice when 
it comes to moving data over the web especially when we're talking about web services.

Hmm...

So you are saying that the telecom companies were invited to this secret meeting?

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Eric Barro wrote:
> John,
> 
> It doesn't really seem plausible that XML is the main motivation for keeping
> hard drive sales up. Movies and music files make up the majority of what's
> stored in hard drives nowadays. :)
> 
> But yeah I do agree that XML is not an efficient data store. Yet it's the
> format of choice when it comes to moving data over the web especially when
> we're talking about web services.
> 
> Eric
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:06 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] XML
> 
> I have to say I agree with Stuart on this one.  XML is about as inefficient
> as you can get for storing data.
> 
> We as database designers strive to select the smallest possible datatype to
> hold whatever data we are storing in the data store.  Now you export a long
> integer to XML and it turns into hundreds of bytes.  And all so it can be
> man readable?  When was the last time you actually read an XML document?
> What percentage of all XML documents do you (or any human) ever actually
> read (in XML format)?
> 
> It is almost as if the hard disk consortium got together in a secret room
> deep in a mountain in Russia, surrounded by KGB security specially hired to
> keep their meeting private... and designed a "storage system" to help them
> stimulate sales.
> 
> "Hard drives have gotten so big that people are only buying one.  Let's
> design this system called XML that will take anything and store it in layers
> of wrappers that will expand the original size by 1000.  We will sell many
> more disks now..."
> 
> "Now let's leak it's existence to MS and tell them that it has already
> become the next storage standard..."
> 
> "Ahh... our plan worked, MS is now storing the world in XML."
> 
> Disk drive manufacturer stock prices skyrocket, approaching the share price
> of Berkshire Hathaway..
> 
> High fives around...
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com