Re: Back Again - RPM using a more efficient database format

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

> Just a simple parse using DOM and using the right way the child elements 
> should solve everything.
> Isn't it more practical and efficient rather than using a SQL based 
> database?

SQL Databases are designed to do queries fast. XML is a verbose format
for the structured *interchange* of data, not a way to store it for fast
updating.

Alan