https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1013052 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/web-database-development/xml-aiding-database-interaction#comment-1075808 <p>Gil,</p> <p>XML can be a great tool if used properly.</p> <p>Universal Standard:<br /> Since it is a universal data standard it doesn't need to be translated for different database systems. This has great importance with large enterprise data systems, let's say Amazon.com process's it's orders to accounting once a week. Accounting is handled by an external company utilizing a different database system. Rather than having to create a translation program that makes the data readable by both systems they share an XML schema. Data can be sent back and forth between the 2 through this schema.</p> <p>Client-side Parser:<br /> Although still not supported by all browsers, the client-side parser allows complex data manipulation without round trips back to the server. While this could also be achieved with scripting and arrays it's a lot more work.</p> <p>It's another thing to learn!</p> <p>I don't know of any XML/PHP specific resources but <a href="http://www.xml101.com" class="bb-url">http://www.xml101.com</a> is a great place to start for XML.</p> Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:50:39 +0000 Peter J. Boettcher comment 1075808 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net