Did this a few years ago; created a C filterplugin that parses the xml using the libxml library. The input was the xml, and one or more XPATH stings, and the plugin return the value(s)
If the the same requirement was today, I'll go for the Java filter plugin. Regards, Jarl 2011/10/7 Ramey, Anne <[email protected]>: > ** > > Is there a good way to parse XML in a filter? I need to get certain data > out of a field that is stored a character field in XML format… > > > > Anne Ramey > > E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North > Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties only by an > authorized State Official. > > > > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"

