Re: XML Parsing and other fine songs of the south

We took option 3... wrote it ourselves... Check out the RPG procedures and
definitions at
http://www.cm-inc.com/Apps/iSeries/Utilities/DspSrcPFM.asp?Library=BOGP&File=CMGPSRC&Member=ML1_DEFINE


Ken Slaugh  (707) 795-1512 x118
Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
AS/400 Professional Administrator/MSE
Client Access Specialist
http://www.cm-inc.com/



                    "Andrew Borts"
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                    07/26/2002 01:37 PM
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OK I'm in a quagmire finding out what could be the better way to perform
simple/complex XML parsing in OS/400

No - comparatively, after downloading XML/Soap from Microsloth and having a
working model parsing all the info I wanted up within hours, getting the
same thing to happen within OS/400 with the same ease isn't jumping out at
me.

I have
1) Downloaded the latest Alphaworks code - which has theoretically been
re-branded as 5733-XT1 however when I asked my BP about this, he wasn't
able to find it - oh and IBM is now charging (are you ready) $250 for these
XML tools.  Again - from what I read of the Docs, it looks tastes and
smells exactly like the FREE Alphaworks samples
2) DB2 Extenders for iSeries - fascinating product, but the documentation
is terrible - half the time, I'm editing files on the PC, running commands
on the PC that really execute SQL's on the 400 etc... basically you spend 4
hours looking like your making an intricate model car <some of you will
know the look I'm talking about> and in the end, you get an obscure error
(QICU library not found?) which isn't addressed in the documentation.
3) Write it yourself - my string skills are fine - I can look for XML tags
like mad...
4) Use Java and SQL for all file IO - pluses and minuses for this method
but MAN in a ROOM filled with RPG people, you'd think I could find a simple
parser

So on the Ignite list, I tried to find out who's using the DB2 Extenders (a
promising product) - and nobody said ANYTHING - I mean it.  So who's doing
XML on an AS/400, why are they doing it, and how are they doing it!  Not
that I wanna know much.

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