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Posted by Wes Groleau on 11/19/06 02:22
Dan Guzman wrote:
> It's true that you can transform EDI and GEDCOM files directly into
> relational format. I think the reason XML is commonly used as an
> intermediate format is that XML is perfect for hierarchical data and you
> can leverage a high-performance XML import utility like SQLXML without
> writing additional code. Although it will take a while, I expect XML
> will eventually replace both EDI and GEDCOM formats. You'll be a step
> ahead if you can process XML too.
OK, I do know how to read and write XML. But can an XML file
be formatted so that the utility will create multiple tables
with the appropriate foreign keys to relate them?
I got the impression when I was reading about it that one
XML file makes one table and vice versa.
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Wes Groleau
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