[Tutor] More and more OT - Python/Java

[Guillermo Fernandez Castellanos]

Hi,

Just out of curiosity,

> >       Well, I plan to use it as a data storage format for a university
> > project (crowd simulation in a shopping center -- coded in Java). I
> > hate binary data formats, and XML is a good unified way to store data
> > as ASCII text, so I figured I'd use it.
> >       Also, XML files can be parsed without too much work, so I can write
> > scripts that will manipulate my data files, in any language ("any"
> > meaning "Python", there).
Does that mean that you use XML as a database to store data and make
queries, or that you store your information as XML in a database (as
MySQL)?

I ask that because I'm writting a little program that will make
queries over a 1500 entries database, with very simple queries. I need
an answer in 1 or 2 seconds. I'm using SQLite now, but i wanted
something that depends as little as possible of external dependencies
(as a database).

G