Re: XML newbie

Hi Zak,

Making it easy to transform DB2 data to XML, and XML data to DB2 is exactly
what we have tried to do with our Alliance XML/400 product. If you are
interested in a commercial solution you can get more information here:
http://www.patownsend.com/XML.htm.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Metz, Zak" <Zak_Metz@xxxxxx>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: XML newbie


> I like trying out "cutting edge" stuff that I can't do at the day job on
> my website. It's a truly never-ending project in which I'm always trying
> to find better ways to do things.
>
> At any rate, I think I have a good application for XML, but I can't seem
> to bridge one gap in my understanding. I understand the wonderful things
> I can do once I have my data in XML format, how I can format the page
> for the web, for printing, for PDAs, and what-not. I recognize that all
> my data that's now pretty well normalized lends itself to the
> hierarchical format of XML. I suspect that if all my data were in XML, I
> would only need to update that one XML document and the stylesheets
> would take it from there. What I don't get is how I convert my existing
> data in tables into XML efficiently and keep that XML document
> up-to-date. Am I missing the point of XML? I feel like I'm going to end
> up with two copies of my data. I also feel like I'm missing something
> obvious. Any help or pointers are appreciated!
>
> Zak Metz
> Group 1 Software
> iSeries Platform Specialist
> IBM Certified Specialist - IBM eServer iSeries Technical Solutions
> Implementer
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