Re: XML to Postgres conversion

If I was doing what you are I would use a XSL stylesheet to generate SQL
insert scripts which could then be ran on PostgreSQL.

To automate things you could use java (eg apache's xalan to transform the
xml in memory and then use JDBC to run the batch insert statements),

Hope this is of some help,

Kris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Hill" <cmsu_tech(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: "Jason Earl" <jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] XML to Postgres conversion

> Here is a snippit of code from one of the xml files:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Computer>
> <Created_on>2002/07/09 11:09:41</Created_on>
> <Client_version>1.8.9</Client_version>
> <General_info>
> <Operating_system>
> <Name>Microsoft Windows XP</Name>
> <Major_version>5</Major_version>
> <Minor_version>1</Minor_version>
> <Build_number>2600</Build_number>
> <Platform_ID>2</Platform_ID>
>
> <Additional_information></Additional_information>
> <User_name>someone</User_name>
> <Boot_time>07/09/2002 09:04:21</Boot_time>
> <Registered_to>registered</Registered_to>
>
> <Registration_code>534574-345-7467453-74538</Registration_code>
> </Operating_system>
> </Computer>
>
> Here is a snippit from the database setup script:
>
> create table computers
> (
> computer_name varchar(50) primary key,
> operating_system_name varchar(50),
> operating_system_version varchar(50),
> operating_system_additional_info varchar(50),
>
> processor_name varchar(50),
> processor_manufacturer varchar(50),
> processor_count numeric,
> processor_speed numeric,
> processor_family varchar(50),
> processor_model varchar(50),
> processor_stepping varchar(50),
>
> memory_physical numeric,
> memory_virtual numeric,
> memory_page_file_size numeric,
>
> video_bios_date varchar(50),
> video_bios_version varchar(50),
> display_name varchar(50),
> display_manufacturer varchar(50),
> display_hor_res numeric,
> display_ver_res numeric,
> display_color_depth numeric,
> display_refresh_rate numeric,
>
> winsock_domain_name varchar(50),
> winsock_description varchar(50),
> winsock_status varchar(50),
> winsock_version varchar(50),
> winsock_name varchar(50)
> );
>
> All the xml files will have the same format. A
> Windows program called Alchemy Network Inventory is
> used to generate the xml files. I want to populate
> the tables in Postgres with the data in the XML files.
> The software that generates the xml files was
> actually designed for use with MS Access and has built
> in ODBC capabilities. I actually designed the
> Postgres database off a template for Access. Where
> I'm running into issues is I'm using Postgre on Linux
> instead of Access on Windows. Yes, I can use the ODBC
> connection with the Postgres odbc drivers and export
> the files from a Windows machine to the database
> manually. There lies the other issue: I would like to
> automate the process. I want to try to keep as much
> as I possibly can on the linux box because it is much
> easier to script and automate than if I were try it
> from a Windows machine. If you (or anyone) would like
> to look at an entire xml or .sql file, I would be more
> than happy to forward them or if I'm still lacking
> information, please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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