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I have seen people store XML as VARCHAR in a database and send that very same raw XML string as a payload over a SOAP web service. That company also had their o
by this_user 13y ago
I have seen people store XML as VARCHAR in a database and send that very same raw XML string as a payload over a SOAP web service. That company also had their own GUI framework that consisted of generating XML by string concatenation and then doing XSLT transformations. I suppose that is what happens when you have team leaders, managers and a chief software architect who have little understanding of technology and its proper use.
- arethuza 13y agoLet me guess - the XML was sent over a SOAP web service that looked pretty much like: string DoStuff(string arg) Where the service call takes a string that actually contains XML and returns a string that actually contains XML.... My own "Worst use of XML" was someone wanting to use quite complex XML documents as a key in a database....
- mbennett 13y agoXML is like violence, if it doesn't work, use more.