# SQL or XML for flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-or-xml-for-flash/246039>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-or-xml-for-flash/246039 "2007-12-06T15:12:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![RabBell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rabbell/32/340_2.png) [@RabBell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RabBell)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sql-or-xml-for-flash/246039/1 "2007-12-06T15:12:37Z")

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Idea is for a flash video to get the video’s file location is should be playing from either a database or that the database could populate an XML file and the flash movie could use that instead.

I’m adjusting from Actionscript 2 into 3 so I’m not 100% on all the new capabilities yet.

So is it possible for a Flash movie to connect directly to an SQL 2005 database? Or is it easier if it was connected to a XML file?

Any helps appreciated :beam: