XML -> Recordset (was: RE: [thelist] XML)

[Nicole Parrot]

not sure if it's quick and dirty, but it seems SOAP and friends are trying
to do just that.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxmlspec/h
tml/xmlanalysis.asp

My knowledge of XML hasn't extended to SOAP yet.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Kogler" <ken.kogler at curf.edu>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: XML -> Recordset (was: RE: [thelist] XML)


> Is there a quick and dirty way to convert an XML file into a recordset?
> I'm trying to parse XML with ASP, but it seems like unless I add an
> additional step in the process (like XSL), there's no easy way to do it.
>
> So the question is: can I turn an XML file into a recordset? And if not,
> how do you eVolters out there go from XML -> ASP? The solution needs to
> work not only for my own XML files, but also ones on remote servers.
>
> -Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Parrot
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:51 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] XML
>
>
> Hi Paul
>
> That's where the fun begins.  Depending on what you want to do with your
> XML, you're going to have to learn totally different things.
> In short:
> 1. XML is strictly a cross-platform data sharing method
> 2. Once you have your XML file, you'll need to parse it to do something
> with
> it. The parsing method varies according to your platform, and
> technology. It
> can be done in any language, PHP, ASP, C++, Perl, etc...  Parsing
> normally
> results in a tree structure.
> 3. Once you parsed your file, you can either store it into your local
> database, or manipulate it further for presentation purposes. Your
> choice,
> depending on your project and goals. One standard manipulation as far as
> the
> web is concerned is to change from XML format to HTML (or XHTML) format
> by
> applying a XSLT to it (stylesheet transformation).  XSLT allows you to
> go
> from one XML format to another XML format. XHTML is nothing but another
> XML.
> Once you have it into XHTML, you can get it to display in a browser.
>
> Does that help?
> Nicole
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Backhouse" <paul.backhouse at 2cs.com>
>
> > Ive been reading up on it - still confused about the data handling
> part of
> > XML - i can see how XML can help, you can class your own elements
> > etc...hence being better for assigning elements to data - but how do i
> > manipulte the data with databases, using ASP etc....i found some
> information
> > on XML -Ql, is this the area I should be looking at?
> > Can anyone point me into the right direction?
>
>
>
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