RE: XML: PDA device --> BigMagicBox --> AS400 native database file (& v.v.)

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Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com

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> The middleware is pricey, so if the iSeries has a conversion tool built
> in...
>

I've been working with the open source XML parser called "eXpat", I've
gotten it to compile and run on my iSeries, and I've even integrated some
of it's functions into my own open source project, HTTPAPI.

If you're interested in doing some programming, you might consider writing
your own tool with eXpat to convert the data into your own database
format.  That's what I'd do, but then I'm just that kind of geek.

If you want to grab my port of Expat for the iSeries, it' at
http://www.scottklement.com/expat/expat-1.95.7.savf

There's no documentation in my port (yet) aside from the REF.HTML member
in the EXPAT source file, which is from the original Expat project and is
not iSeries-specific.

IBM also makes an XML licpgm that can be called from procedural languages
like RPG. I haven't used it, but Aaron has some stuff on his web site that
uses it:
http://www.mowyourlawn.com/


> So, one would use XSLT to translate data in XML to a more iSeries-friendly
> format?

I'd think that it's possible to do that, yes.  I haven't actually done it,
only read about it. :)

The stuff I've ACTUALLY DONE has used Expat to load the data into an
RPG program,and then I've done whatever I wanted with the data from there.
I'm probably doing it "the hard way" knowing me, but hey, it works :)