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34 <PRE>><i>Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use services data bases as
35 </I>><i>normal xml files rather then the normal data base format. This way the
36 </I>><i>data would be readable and not needing any conversion to and from xml format.
38 This is not possible by design. XML is a data interchange format, not
39 a data storage format, and I do not consider it suitable for persistent
40 storage of Services' databases. I will not entertain suggestions for
41 adding an XML database module, though you are of course free to write your
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