xml

XSLT Abstractions

I'm exploring the XML -> XSLT -> HTML meme for producing web content. I have very little XSLT experience. I'm curious what mechanisms are available in XSLT to handle abstractions or "refactoring". For example, with generic HTML and a service side include, many pages can be templated and decomposed to where there are, say, common header...

How would you compare two XML Documents?

As part of the base class for some extensive unit testing, I am writing a helper function which recursively compares the nodes of one XmlDocument object to another in C# (.NET). Some requirements of this: The first document is the source, e.g. what I want the XML document to look like. Thus the second is the one I want to find differ...

Xml Schema XSD TotalDigits vs. MaxInclusive

Hi, I have run across an XML Schema with the following definition. <xs:simpleType name="ClassRankType"> <xs:restriction base="xs:integer"> <xs:totalDigits value="4"/> <xs:minInclusive value="1"/> <xs:maxInclusive value="9999"/> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> However, it seems to me that totalDigits is redundant. I am some...

Does tomcat 5.5 treat .jsp and .jspx files in the same way?

I'm working on a java web-application, trying to be xml-friendly and writing my jsp files using the jspx/xml syntax. It took me hours of dissecting examples and configuration files to find out that with tomcat 5.5 files using the new syntax should end in .jspx, or tomcat won't translate tag libraries and stuff. Both file extensions map ...

Best open XML parser for C++

Looking for a simple, clean, correct XML parser to use in my C++ project. Read and write my own..extension? You know what I mean. Thanks ...

Find out what is the new data from an RSS feed, compared with entries already in the database. Then put new entries in db. How?

Let's say I have a database, and an RSS feed. I have to find out what is the new data from an RSS feed, that isn't already in the database. How would you go about approaching this problem? ...

How do I change the "level" of validation that Ant's XMLValidate task provides?

I am attempting to use Ant's XMLValidate task to validate an XML document against a DTD. The problem is not that it doesn't work, but that it works too well. My DTD contains an xref element with an "@linkend" attribute of type IDREF. Most of these reference IDs outside of the current document. Because of this, my build fails, since t...

How do I capture PHP output into a variable?

I'm generating a ton of XML that is to be passed to an API as a post variable when a user click on a form button. I also want to be able to show the user the XML before hand. The code is sorta like the following in structure: <?php $lots of = "php"; ?> <xml> <morexml> <?php while(){ ?> <somegeneratedxml> <?php } ?> <...

Can I do a find/replace in t-sql?

I basically have an xml column, and I need to find and replace one tag value in each record. ...

Updating a XML file using PHP

What is the easiest way to update a single attribute in a XML tag using PHP without rewriting and saving the file? Any way to do this just using regular DOM stuff? ...

Excel 2003 XML format - AutoFitWidth not working

I have a program that spits out an Excel workbook in Excel 2003 XML format. It works fine with one problem, I cannot get the column widths to set automatically. A snippet of what I produce: <Table > <Column ss:AutoFitWidth="1" ss:Width="2"/> <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0" ss:Height="14.55"> <Cell ss:StyleID="s62"><Data ss:Type=...

How do I store an XML value in my .NET App.Config file

I am trying to store an xml value in my app.config file. The app.config does not like this and I cannot use the <![CDATA[ construct to ignore the XML'ness of my value. Is there a way to do it? Value example:<FieldRef Name='LinkfileName' Nullable='True'/><FieldRef Name='Web' Nullable='True'/> ...

XML DOM vs ADO DataSet

I have the option of storing data in memory either as an XML document or multi-table ADO dataset. The web page utilizing this object will be selectively retrieving data items based on keys. Does either of these objects have a clear performance advantage over the other? ...

Parsing XML with multi-line records

I'd like to take XML in the format below and load each code record into a domain object in my BootStrap.groovy. I want to preserve the formatting of each snippet of code. XML <records> <code> <language>Groovy</language> <snippet> println "This is Groovy" println "A very powerful language" ...

How can I delete a specific node within a XML file by using vbscript

Hey there! I am having the problem that I cannot select a specific XML node which needs to be deleted. I have already tried to select the node by using the XPath which works fine for some XML files but I cannot figure out the correct XPath for a node in a more complex file. Does anybody know a freeware tool which can load a XML file so...

Why does Installshield 2008 not roll back XML Changes?

I am using Installshield 2008 Premier to edit some XML files which are already on the targetsystem. This process does work fine with the "XML file changes" function. My problem is, that Installshield does not remove these changes on uninstall. I have set the "Remove element on uninstall" checkbox within the added element but InstallShie...

Checkstyle's PackageHtml-rule ignores package-info.java

I use checkstyle to analyze my code. A useful rule is PackageHtml, that checks, if a package contains a Javadoc-description. But with newer java-version it's recommended to use package-info.java instead of package.html. Problem is, checkstyle ignores the package-info.java and reports a rule violation. How can checkstyle be configured to ...

How to output CDATA using ElementTree

I've discovered that cElementTree is about 30 times faster than xml.dom.minidom and I'm redoing my XML encoding decoding code. However, I need to output XML that contains CDATA sections and there doesn't seem to be a way to do that with ElementTree. Can it be done? ...

Webserver to combine xml files?

I have a program I've written in VB.NET 2005, it saves statistics in an xml file. I use this program on multiple computers. I'd like to set up a webserver where I can upload my xml file, or just the data, and add it to the server ignoring duplicate entries already on the server. What do I need for to learn for this? SQL? Any ideas w...

How do i designate in XSD that an element only contains CDATA?

How can I represent the following in XSD. <price-update> <![CDATA[ arbitrary data goes here ]]> </price-update> ...