I'm completely redesigning my data access routines for my bot (hoping that they get to be faster and more memory-efficient, not to mention more functional). Since it's designed with a plugin-type load system (so that it will use XML or Access or SQL Server or MySql, w/e), I'm nearing completion of the data API spec. However, I'd like to focus on other aspects of my bot now instead of the database, because, quite frankly, it will take a lot of time.

So -- I'm looking for volunteers. ;)

I'd like to have both XML and Access database providers with the Beta 1 release. I don't expect to have it done for a few months, so not a huge rush. ;)

The .NET XML routines are relatively neat -- but, you have to know how to use the Reader/Writer. I've been using the XmlDocument and XmlNode classes, and they are insanely slow and crappy. I understand that Reader isn't too slow, but meh, I'm not doing to well with getting them to work.

So -- anyone who wants to help out with that aspect, let me know ;) ty!

XmlSerializer is the class you want I think...but I'll stick to my conclusion that XML is a good markup language but a terribly crappy data storage/representation language. Go binary! :)