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real_yoni · 01-20-2009, 05:24 AM

I’m working on a tool for the PRS-505, and I wondered as to why Sony chooses to handle the internal data with an XML file (media.xml)? This will never ever be as fast as an embedded database (Sqlite for example or any other other commercial solution).

No wonder the device seems to get slower with each book you add. The all point behind databases is that with the proper index the time it takes to query will not grow in liner fashion as the case with XML. Not to mention other benefits of database such as storing data in binary representation and the textual one etc…

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01-20-2009, 05:24 AM	#1
real_yoni Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Sony reader	Why xml?? I’m working on a tool for the PRS-505, and I wondered as to why Sony chooses to handle the internal data with an XML file (media.xml)? This will never ever be as fast as an embedded database (Sqlite for example or any other other commercial solution). No wonder the device seems to get slower with each book you add. The all point behind databases is that with the proper index the time it takes to query will not grow in liner fashion as the case with XML. Not to mention other benefits of database such as storing data in binary representation and the textual one etc… Y.