Re: Schema Design for Surveys
- From: stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:21:25 +0000
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:40:56 +0000, Niall Litchfield
<niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We have a requirement for a system that will record answers to more
> than one survey. Each survey will consist of a number of questions
> with responses that can be
...
> This is an internal discussion that we are having here that interests
> me (and I do have a preference) and I'd be interested to see what folk
> think.
First, gut, reaction. Sounds like a use for XDB. Store the questions
(and responses) as XML documents and use the XML tools in the datbase
to query the data.
Wow, an actual real and non-faddish use for XML. The pork must be airbourne!
Stephen
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