Serialization used in Profile (Asp.Net 2.0)

[Miguel Dias Moura]

Hello,

Could someone tell me what are the main differences between using Binary
or XML serialization?
I am saving complex types in my profile but I am not sure which
serialization to use.

Thank You,
Miguel

 

[Bruce Barker]

xml serialization create a human readable xml file, and all binary data is
converted to hex or numbers. binary serialization creates a binary stream
(no xml markup, but a binary marker) and binary data is stored as is.

if you want fast and small, and don't need any interoperability use binary.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)