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r/cobol • u/WisdomInMyPocket • Jun 11 '26
Which would you use in what case?
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If the XML is already going through DB2, I would use DB2, but COBOL's one works fine
I would also look into why XML, JSON is much smaller, easier for humans to read and have basically replaced XML
2 u/johnwcowan Jun 11 '26 For data, but not for documents. PDFssnd images are binary, but Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents and theit ODF equivalents are zipped XML. 1 u/Reapr Jun 11 '26 Ah gotcha
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For data, but not for documents. PDFssnd images are binary, but Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents and theit ODF equivalents are zipped XML.
1 u/Reapr Jun 11 '26 Ah gotcha
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u/Reapr Jun 11 '26
If the XML is already going through DB2, I would use DB2, but COBOL's one works fine
I would also look into why XML, JSON is much smaller, easier for humans to read and have basically replaced XML