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Asked: 2026-05-18T02:30:37+00:00

Which is faster in C#:to read tiny XML files or to read tiny SQL

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Which is faster in C#:to read tiny XML files or to read tiny SQL tables with small amount of data ?

I wonder if is really necessary to create a table in SQL then establish a connection just to read 10 or 11 parameters.

What would you reccomend?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s really depends on what You need. Nothing stops You from even combining the two worlds as XML can easily be stored in SQL Server.

    If You want to actually have the authentication of the SQL Server, have it backed up, versioned or whatever, You can easily design a mixed XML, SQL, table solution. If You really need some propertyBag persistence area files are ok, but they still require care ie. access control, taking care when it is not present etc (reading a file still does throw a lot of exceptions and IT does it with some good reason).

    Ask Yourself questions like: do I need restricted access, how will I report changes (if any),

    • do I need version history,
    • do I read all the parameters or only part of
      it?
    • what Do i need to do if someone
      changes an entry?
    • what should I do when there is no entry?
    • does it need to be extensible (new parameters added/removed)?
    • should it be encrypted?
    • does the database layer needs to know about it?

    Just some thought from the top of my head.
    Luke

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