When the httpservices completes isn't the result bound to an arrayCollection (or array) so you could essesntially accomplish anything you want, sort search etc..
Is the XML result directly bound to a datagrid or is it bound to arrayCollection first and then bind the arrayCollection to the data grid?
From the network layer comparison, say you have 100 rows with 10 columns, the file size of XML vs CSV makes a big difference. Do you think this warrants bringing the file as CSV instead of XML? You also have to consider the server side doing the extra formating. You will notice a big difference in an enterprise database if its doing extra work and file I/O.
Being so used to ODBC-RAW data, I'm finding some apps are slow because of the XML format and I'm looking for an alternative similar to the ODBC-RAW data format. I do agree that you can do more with XML but if it's just use for say in drop down list, data grid and not so much for formatting, I think CSV will do just fine. I would however, bring in a single row as XML.
Thanks for replying back so quickly.
-nobody-