# XML or MySQL which one is better

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**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-or-mysql-which-one-is-better/288545 "2009-05-18T02:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![utsav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19b73/32.png) [@utsav](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/utsav)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-or-mysql-which-one-is-better/288545/1 "2009-05-18T02:18:56Z")

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Well this has been striking me for a long time. I know that xml is os independent. but then MySQL is also (at least that is what i think). And how does it make application perform fast?