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Re: [XOM-interest] does XOM offer any performance advantages for me?

From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: jason mazzotta <jazzdman AT comcast.net>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] does XOM offer any performance advantages for me?
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:32:29 -0500

jason mazzotta wrote:

I'm trying to use an XML document as a database for e-mail messages.

I think the key word here is "database". XML documents aren't databases. They aren't designed to be. I don't think any API would help you out here. Even if you were using a native XML database, it would still make sense to store the individual messages as separate documents rather than one large document.

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