Re: PHP with a XML database

Hello Ritesh, "Ritesh Nadhani" <riteshn@gmail.com> wrote on 01/26/2007 05:48:27 PM: > Writing our own parsing thing is out of question. The group has > finalised to use a proper DB rather then writing our own code. > > Moreover, we believe that the code written by a good DB engine would > be much more efficient then writing our own module and we are no > database experts :) > > So now its a question of which XML DB to use. After > Christophers mail, > we would give Oracle a run in next weeks. > > Lets see.... pureXML in DB2 v9 may be an option to explore. It treats XML as a native data type. You could load in the benchmark data XML and query it with SQL to get your reports. Look for the free Express-C edition and use the new PECL extension ibm_db2 (not the odbc_* functions). DB2 9: pureXML Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247315.html DB2 XML (pureXML) wiki http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/db2xml/Home DB2 Express-C http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html Daniel Krook Content Tools Developer - SCSA, SCJP, SCWCD, ZCE Global Production Services - Tools, ibm.com