RE: Populating fields based on field name in a file

> From: Buck
> 
>  >>I'd be interested in a business application that needs it.
> 
> Homebrew XML serialiser/deserialiser?

Been there done that.  It's easier in RPG, since you have more control
over the I/O.  Think about it: one UPDATE per field would be a
horrendous overhead.  The only way you could have any sort of acceptable
performance would be to build the entire INSERT or UPDATE statement for
all the fields on the fly.

In any case, I think of that as more of a tool than an application.
That's sort of my point; with tools I'd pay a lot of attention to
performance, since if I'm going to the trouble of reinventing the wheel
chances are I'm going to be using it an awful lot.  My RPG-based XML
parser flies compared to anything else I've tried.

Joe