[Zope-dev] XML to SQL or XML into tables

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Thu, 25 May 2000 20:12:59 +0200 (CEST)


Kent Polk writes:
 > On 24 May 2000 07:20:00 -0500, Thomas Weholt wrote:
 > >Hello,
 > >
 > >Has anybody tried to somehow get xml-data into SQL-statements or in some
 > >other way use xml-data as datasource for insertion into tables?
 > >It shouldn`t be impossible, if we could just agree on some format or DTD to
 > >use. 
 > 
 > I'm headed that way - I'm planning on using XML-RPC to insert table
 > records into an SQL database.

You may find RAX (Record API for XML) useful:

	http://www.digitome.com/rax.html

Introduction: http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/04/26/rax

RAX is
> A simple, record-oriented API for XML. Provides a simple, efficient
> interface for processing the sort of XML often generated from
> databases.


Dieter