Forum Post: RE: json datatype

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Maybe XML. As there is a parser in the language and it can be processed in the AVM. DOCX? Where should the advantage be? You don’t manipulate them in the language. You read them from disc in a BLOB, dump them in the DB and back to disc for opening in Word. As DOCX is already zipped, not even compression should bring any advantage. From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh [mailto:bounce-tamhas@community.progress.com] Sent: Samstag, 14. Juni 2014 23:11 To: TU.OE.General@community.progress.com Subject: RE: [Technical Users - OE General] json datatype RE: json datatype Reply by Thomas Mercer-Hursh So, I am asking what that optimization is. What does one actually get for it. Reforming a JSON object out of a string is hardly an expensive operation. I'm not claiming there is no advantage. I just want to know what that advantage is. Might it, for example, provide a reason for an XML or DOCX type as well? Stop receiving emails on this subject. Flag this post as spam/abuse.

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