What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a SQL Database over an XML file for a Web Application?
I have read into this a bit, and a lot of it seems very complex. I have to explain to my boss why we want to use a database rather than an xml file. The director of mis recommended the using of a database, and I am the web developer so I have to tell
Not knowing what your application is it is tough to say specifically but these are really 2 different technologies that should be applied for different reasons.
You would need a database if you have information you need to correlate together,





In traditional languages and frameworks, the communication inside the app between the web server and the database is the most time-intensive part of the transaction. Node makes a much smaller footprint on your web server.
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