Re: Schema Design for Surveys

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:40:56 +0000, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> 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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