[TYPO3-dev] Typo3 Performance

[John Angel]

> Because IMHO it was a bad move by the DB industry. As I see it the XML
> hype forced them to add native XML support for queries. But if you think
> about it, you'll see that querying XML needs more CPU power than
> querying simple data types. We're just talking about improving
> performance, not about wasting more CPU cycles.

Of course, but you have to admit that FlexForm is excellent thing, giving 
you incredible freedom for making different types of content. But I am not 
using it because I cannot search through it using SQL.

So, if we cannot make FlexForm be searchable normally, why not change its 
XML format to standard standard database table?