What is the best way to parse XML?

[noamb]

Hi,

I'm new to XML and as a learning project I want to build a small web application to manage and present our staff members (about 50 people) and their activities.
I've read a few articles in phpbuilder.com but couldn't conclude which platform to choose.
1. First of all, doesn't server side parsing cause server overload? What advantages it has over client side parsing?
2. If I choose server side parsing, should I go for expat ot DOM? or both?
3. For XSLT parsing should I use Sablotron parser or Sun compiler? Isn't there a simpler way then both of them?
4. Does XML has any advantages over MySQL DB?

Thanks in advance

Noam

[Anon]

You can read the following sites:

http://www.xmlwriter.net/xml_guide/xml_guide.shtml

http://www.webslingerz.com/balld/xsl/designer_manual.xml

http://www.w3.org/XML/

I have developed a project using XML, Java and Apachce Tomcat. I have been using not XSL method but DOM Tree method.

Cheers,