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I'm curious.

I've been taught when is the proper time for XML, and when it's better to use SQL.
I know what the text book says about it, what does the IT real world say about it?
When would you use SQL vs. using XML?

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When you have a problem and you think to yourself "I could use XML to solve that", then you have two problems. (The original quote is buried in antiquity)

But really: What kind of problem even begins to allow you to choose one of SQL or XML? SQL is a language that allows you to access data stored in a relational database. XML is a way to encode structured data (in a file).

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