On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Ross Singer wrote: >> To database or not to database (2 db || ~2 db), that is the question. >> Put another way, I am having a difficult time deciding to what degree >> I >> should use a database application to manage a collection of electronic >> texts. Allow me to explain. > > Eric, why not use an XML db? > > http://www.sleepycat.com/products/xml.shtml Thank you for the reply, and that is a possibility, but these XML sort of databases are non-standard. My implementation would be tied to a particular application. They also require a whole lot of overhead. -- Eric