1/14/2002 8:49:16 AM, Al Snell <>
wrote:
>"Name","Email","Web"
>"Alaric Snell","","http://www.alaric-
snell.com"
>
How about if you have 10 fields rather than 3, and the 666th
line is (sorry, my mailer wraps lines ...)
984,55,"http://www.cnn.com", Alaric Snell", "George Bush",
"",23,"",
"http://www.alaric-snell.com", ""
vs the XML
<users><userid>984</userid>
<site>55</site>
<preferred_news>http://www.cnn.com</preferred_news>
<Name>Alaric Snell</Name>
<NationalLeader>George Bush</NationalLeader>
<Email></Email>
<NumPosts>23</NumPosts>
<complaints-to></complaints-to>
<Web>http://www.alaric-snell.com</Web>
<LastMailedTo></LastMailedTo></users>
Which is easier to understand and debug?
What real advantages does the CSV format have in a world of
ubiquitous XML parsers and compression tools? Which is more
robust if your marketing people decide to add a new optional
field in the middle?
