Re: Switch from TXT files to XML

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you looked at the XML Extenders for the iSeries? You would then 
use embedded SQL. I believe.

Vern

At 01:08 PM 9/25/2006, you wrote:

> Hi all, I need to change an (RPG) application to export to XML and import
> from XML.
>
> Actually the application process some files and generate a txt file in the
> Ifs: the rpg program fills an external DS and an utility writes it on Ifs
> with the format I need (flat file, csv, xls but not XML).
>
> The file is then processed and come back in the same format.
>
> Now I must switch to XML so I'm looking for the SIMPLEST way to:
>
> - get a schema from the external defined DS
> - convert a DB400 file to XML
> - convert the XML file into the DB400 file
>
> I'm not expecting errors in the returning data since the PC program just has
> to fill some missing data and give back the file.
>
> Must be at V5R3.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marco
>
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