xml-dev - FW: Designing an XML-Database Application

[Paul Spencer <paul.spencer@boynings.co.uk>]

Others have answered 1 & 2. For point 3, you can use FOP. This is now part
of the Apache project. There is a useful article on http://www.ibm.com/xml/.

Paul Spencer
Author: XML Design and Implementation (Wrox Press)
Contributor: Beginning XML (Wrox Press)
Boynings Consulting - Delivering XML to industry and government
http://www.boynings.co.uk/
Recruiting XML staff. Maidenhead, UK

-----Original Message-----
From: Raheja, Dhruv (TRANS) [mailto:Dhruv.Raheja@Trans.ge.com]
Sent: 01 August 2000 18:45
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Designing an XML-Database Application


hello everybody,
                       i have three q's on my mind....i was hoping someone
will be able to help.

1.) Is there any advantage of storing data in XML format versus in a
object-oriented database that is provided by PDM tools like e-Matrix? Also
is there any advantage of first converting data into an XML format and then
storing it in such a database?

2.) I want to learn how to connect my XML documents with a database. I
basically want to be able to store my XML data in a database. I then want to
be able to retrieve the data using a front-end that will query the database
and display the results using XML.

3.) I have designed a styleheet ( using XSL) that displays my XML document
in a browser. I need to display the document using PDF. Can somebody please
tell me how?

thanks a lot,
Dhruv


Dhruv Raheja
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