Re: XML PARSER

From: clintonG (csgallagher_at_REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:20:14 -0500

Taking the data from an XML file and putting it into a database
is called 'shredding' and using Google: "shred xml" may help. 

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"Peter Rilling" <peter@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
news:eTW%237fviEHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Vague question but here we go.
>
> First DOM and SAX are really the only way to go and they are competing
> standards (competing in the since that they accomplish the parsing in
> different ways).  DOM basically builds a tree of the XML and allows you to
> randomly access elements and attributes.  SAX on the other hand is event
> based meaning that the engine will read an element one at a time and then
> send the element to your application for processing.  It basically
processes
> the document from front to back.
>
> What you us for a parser is really a matter of what environment you plan
to
> develop in.  If you are going to use .NET, then you will probably use its
> parser.  Microsoft also the MSXML parser that was used prior to .NET.
Their
> languages or environments may have different parsers and there are
probably
> lots of parsers out there are people tend to reinvent the wheel.
>
> XSLT is not a parser per say but is a "language" allowing you to transform
> some XML structure into something else.   XSLT is primarily used for
> presentation where you might want to turn an XML document into HTML.
>
>
>
> "andre@online.nospam" <andreonlinenospam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
> message news:FB4D368F-F74D-49CD-930C-EA7157BD14CF@microsoft.com...
> > I am working on a project where I will be getting a XML file.  What
should
> I
> > use for a parser? I'm interested in what MS has to offer with the Visual
> > studio .net platform.
> >
> > I was told DOM and SAX was what I should be looking at. Also, is XSLT a
> > parser?
> >
> > I'm going to insert the data into a database.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
>
>

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