Presents your  
XML AND WEB SERVICES E-NEWSLETTER for January 19, 2004 
 
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USE LOCAL XML STORES TO MAINTAIN DATA   
  
XML gets a great deal of publicity for being a universal bridge between 
disparate database systems, but many developers overlook XML's 
potential

as a temporary database substitute. You can use XML to create a local 
data store that looks and acts like a database but doesn't require the 
remote connectivity functionality that group database usage inevitably 
entails.   
  
The local XML data store can be exported to or merged with a collective 
database at a later time--when all of the format-agnostic XML properties
come into play--but, during the interim, local users get a clean, 
efficient, editable "database" that isn't bogged down by a remote
connection. 
This also spares you from the often complicated task of working out 
database locking procedures for your remote database interface, since
the XML store can be imported or merged in a linear fashion.   
  
Find out how to create a local XML database substitute with Visual 
Studio .NET. This article also explains how to build your local XML 
data store.   
http://ct.com.com/click?q=6f-3xL9IOL1YH1jWuwGqT8pTNcpWXWC   

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