Best way to import XML Files

[George Simon]

You ae right, Mark.
What I'm concerned with is parsing the big.xml file.
I have some ideas but have not tried any yet and wanted to see if someone
had suggestions.
Thanks.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: Best way to import XML Files


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> > I have to import and process several XML files at a time.  What I'm
> > planning to do now, since I don't know the name of the files, is:
> > copy *.xml big.xml and parse the big.xlm file.  Since there are no
> > single-character field and record delimiters, what is the best way to
> > import this big.xml file?
>
> Hi George,
>
> As John pointed out, you're going to have issues with merging them the way
> you notated it.  Unfortunately, John gave you *nix Bourne syntax, and
> you're a Windows user, if memory serves.  There are a bunch of ways to
> concatenate the files.  I don't see that as being the huge issue.
>
> I think you're concerned about how to actually parse the XML.
>
> Without selling you example source code (mine's commercial and
> purpose-specific), the best I can tell you is to use:
>
> open()
> close()
> readline()
> tell()
> filesize()
> len()
> instr()
> mid()
>
> ...And use loops and state-tracking variables.  :)
>
> Now what order you put those in and the logic you use is key to how you
> actually parse it out, but given the functions and hints I listed, I think
> you can figure it out fairly well if you know XML.
>
> It can be done quite readily with those functions and the right logic,
>
> mark->
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