title: Transferring data into a reporting database
body: <p>We have a relational database with data.  Currently the queries take to long for reporting, so we would like to use that data in a reporting database.</p>
  
  <p>I want to analyze the queries that we use, run the queries at night and put the un normalized into tables that are read only.  I do not believe that there are enough queries to necessitate a data mart.</p>
  
  <p>My boss wants to write everything into xml packages and then whatever database we design, we will read in the xml files.</p>
  
  <p>Like every person on earth, I think that my way is right.  But, I have been wrong before. Can I get some advice and the pluses and minuses of each method?</p>