xml attributes vs. elements

[monife]

I have been hearing some debate on xml elements vs attributes. Many manuals
guide you down the path of using elements for data transfer. However, I
have noticed that if using Microsoft's ADO objects the data is being placed
in attributes as opposed to elements. I have also seen documentation that
indicates that it is not a good practice to create and xml document that
has elements tied directly to the fields in a database table. Can someone
please give me any insight on whether or not microsoft is moving to use the
attribute due to better performace issues, and why that might be taking place.

[Matt Brook]

Hey monife!

MSDN Online has an article discussing this question:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/articles/xml02212000.asp

Title: Inside MSXML Performance

Good Luck,
Matt

"monife" <monifelee@ureach.com> wrote:
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>I have been hearing some debate on xml elements vs attributes. Many manuals
>guide you down the path of using elements for data transfer. However, I
>have noticed that if using Microsoft's ADO objects the data is being placed
>in attributes as opposed to elements. I have also seen documentation that
>indicates that it is not a good practice to create and xml document that
>has elements tied directly to the fields in a database table. Can someone
>please give me any insight on whether or not microsoft is moving to use
the
>attribute due to better performace issues, and why that might be taking
place.
>
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>