http://www.darrinbishop.com/blog/category/20.aspx SP Patterns & Pratices en-US Darrin Bishop dbishop@darrinbishop.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.78 http://darrinbishop.com/blog/archive/2009/10/05/145.aspx <p><font size="3" face="Verdana">In the  latest  release of SharePoint Patterns and Practices ( Developing  SharePoint Applications)  the P&amp;P documentation includes a section comparing and the use of SharePoint lists  to  database tables.    It is a short read and worth the time to read since this topic surfaces often in discussions.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana">While SharePoint lists provides a quick and easy way to store data it does has some limitations and should not be used where a true relational data store is required.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"><a target="_blank" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee413971.aspx">Using SharePoint Lists vs. Database Tables</a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana"></font></p> <p><font face=""></font></p> <p><br /> </p><img src="http://darrinbishop.com/blog/aggbug/145.aspx" width="1" height="1" /> Darrin Bishop http://darrinbishop.com/blog/archive/2009/10/05/145.aspx Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:06:35 GMT http://darrinbishop.com/blog/archive/2009/10/05/145.aspx#feedback http://darrinbishop.com/blog/comments/commentRss/145.aspx http://darrinbishop.com/blog/services/trackbacks/145.aspx