Raw resources versus SQLite database

Question

I\'m creating an application that will use a lot of data which is, for all intents and purposes, static. I had assumed it\'d make most sense to use a SQLite database to hand

Answer 1

In fact, SQLite seems to be nonsense if the data is static. However, if what you are going to manipulate is a lot of data you should use it:

• It will be easier to:
  • Retrieve data
  • Filter data
  • Sort data
• Using XML files will cause some performance problems because of the way in which SAX or DOM parses XML.
• It will be easier for you to update that set of data in the future (imagine that you want to add more data in the next release)