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On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 14:41 -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
Evan Harris wrote:
That's true as far as it goes but then when some "real" XML arrives - and
eventually it will - then a full XML parser will be called for.

Not if the XML is coming from a known source, with known parameters.

Despite my insistence that XML was the wrong tool for a scripting
language, I was overridden on that point, and had to write a compiler to
convert the XML-based scripting language into something simple enough to
execute in a trigger.

And likewise, when you're getting a response back from a web service,
giving an indication of whether or not the call was successful, that's
also going to be within very narrow parameters.

Tee hee. A tale of failed communication in
XML: ï<http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Special-Delivery.aspx>. It could
be sad, but we worker bees can't help smiling.

I suppose the trade confirmation was in a literal sense "narrow".

Cheers,
Terry.


--
JHHL


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