Simple Data Storage Using XML Files In .NET

It’s not a secret that all real-world applications require a centralized data storage of some sort. The times when MS-DOS based text files where sufficient for settings storage is long gone. Today, every self-respecting Web or Windows application has to provide users with personalized settings, content-updating personnel with access to all application data and in general, information storage that is constantly updated and changes the way data is selected and presented. All enterprise-level solutions have of course advanced needs in data storage; MS Access simply won’t do for gigabytes of data and thousands of concurrent requests. That’s where data servers come in. If you are creating simple applications with data sources, then you must already be experienced with an established data server application, such as Microsoft’s SQL Server and Oracle.

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