xml

How to prevent lxml prom compacting elements?

Having following Python code: >>> from lxml import etree >>> root = etree.XML("<a><b></b></a>") >>> etree.tostring(root) '<a><b/></a>' How can I force lxml to use "long" version? Like >>> etree.tostring(root) '<a><b></b></a>' ...

Is there any open source system for keyword search on XML documents?

I found lot of open source XML databases (TPOX, Timber , DBXML), but they are working on XPath and XQuery, I need a system which is developed for the purpose of "Keyword search on XML documents". ...

XML to XHTML - Best Method?

Not wishing to be subjective but I have a need to get data from an XML source and convert it to (X)HTML. From my understanding I can do this with PHP (or other server-side scripts), Javascript, or XSLT. My feeling is that it would be more appropriate to use XSLT as it is dealing with an XML source and this is the purpose for which XSLT e...

XMLSS Style Inheritance

I am working on creating Excel workbooks in XML, by way of XMLSS, and I've found myself stuck in one particular place. According to the documentation at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140066(office.10).aspx#odc_xmlss_ss:style, the <ss:Style /> tag has an available property, ss:Parent, which allows the given style to inherit t...

Querying XML using node numbers

Okay, so I'm writing a utility that compares 2 XML documents using Microsoft's XML diff patch tool. The result looks something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <xd:xmldiff version="1.0" srcDocHash="10728157883908851288" options="IgnoreChildOrder IgnoreComments IgnoreWhitespace " fragments="yes" xmlns:xd="http://sc...

How do I create a geo-tagged event feed?

What is the most standards compliant way to make a geo-tagged event feed that is also consumable by Google Maps? ...

Why am I getting the extra xmlns="" using LINQ to XML?

Hello all, I'm using LINQ to XML to generate a piece of XML. Everything works great except I'm throwing in some empty namespace declarations somehow. Does anyone out there know what I'm doing incorrectly? Here is my code private string SerializeInventory(IEnumerable<InventoryInformation> inventory) { var zones = inventor...

Flex 4: Loading XML into a Model Actionsript Class

I'm trying to create an actionscript class to serve as a data model for my Flex app. I already have a formatted XML file to read from, and when I was simply declaring the data service in my MXML app I used this code inside the declarations: <fx:XML id="xml" source="datapoints.xml"/> I'm now trying to create a model class and can't se...

Android question. If i create an Options menu with menu.xml, can I change the menu buttons' text size, color etc using xml?

Android question. If i create an Options menu with menu.xml, can I change the menu buttons' standard text size, color etc using xml? I would like to change text size, bold, and color. I would like to avoid using themes and styles for this application. Thank you for reading my question. ...

Rails caches_page, XML, and RESTful APIs

My app exposes a RESTful API using map.resources (eg: map.resources :comments). My comments controller caches_page :index, :show. In this way, I expose an XML API, so that a Flex app can post new comments. (eg POST to /comments.xml). This all worked fine until I enabled caching using the default filesystem store. Now, as far as I can ...

Can ENTITY declarations be nested in referenced XML files?

I'm working on a rather large DocBook XML document. The main book has the chapters but includes all the subsections by reference using entities. Something like this: main.book.xml: <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY section1 SYSTEM "../fragmen...

SQL Server 2008 2mb Limit for XML??

I am trying to output a long XML result from SMSS. When I right click on the results and 'save results as...', I can only get a 2mb file? I have changed the settings in SMSS via Tools -> Options -> Query Results -> SQL Server -> Results to Grid, for XML data to be unlimited. However, it still seems to be truncating my XML results? S...

How do I match complete XML objects in a string?

I'm attempting to find complete XML objects in a string. They have been placed in the string by an XmlSerializer, but may or may not be complete. I've toyed with the idea of using a regular expression, because it seems like the kind of thing they were built for, except for the fact that I'm trying to parse XML. I'm trying to find comple...

SQL Server with XML and selecting child nodes

I have the following XML: <tests> <test>1</test> <test>2</test> <test>3</test> </tests> And I am trying the following query: CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[test] @Tests xml=null AS BEGIN SELECT doc.col.value('(test)[1]', 'nvarchar(50)') FROM @Tests.nodes('//tests') AS doc(col) END But it only returns me a v...

Comparing XmlDocument for equality (content wise)

If I want to compare the contents of a XMlDocument, is it just like this? XmlDocument doc1 = GetDoc1(); XmlDocument doc2 = GetDoc2(); if(doc1 == doc2) { } I am not checking if they are both the same object reference, but if the CONTENTS of the xml are the same. ...

Encoding license file for privacy

Hi, We're using XML Digital Signatures for signing and verifying our license keys. The signing works fine and has been running smoothly. The XML license file contains a few (plaintext) details about the license, along with a binary signature. We'd like to encode (I don't say encrypt) those plaintext details (license duration, user name...

Alternative to Altova's MissionKit

Anyone know of any good alternatives (other than those listed below which really are only good at specific XML development tasks)? The Why (if you're interested): I've been doing XML development on and off for years now, but someone brought XMLSpy to my attention recently, and it is awesome - the price isn't. Lately I've been using a c...

To use xml in C

Any one who knows how to create and update XML file in C? ...

POST XML to server, receive PDF

Similar to this question, we are developing a Web app where the client clicks a button to receive a PDF from the server. Right now we're using the .ajax() method with jQuery to POST the data the backend needs to generate the PDF (we're sending XML) when the button is pressed, and then the backend is generating the PDF entirely in-memory ...

Use SSIS to import binary data in XML file

Hi, I am trying to use SSIS to import data from a XML file. One of the element in the XML file contains binary data of a pdf file. I created a SSIS package and setup the column properties of the XML source to DT_BYTES and also tried DT_IMAGE. But I get the following error. Error: 0xC0209029 at Data Flow Task, XML Source [1253]: SSIS Err...