That's nice, but XML::Simple has little to do with DBI, so please don't post OT responses.
Ilya > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 5:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DBI & XML:putting it all together > > > On 1 Oct 2001, at 9:42, Vittorio wrote: > > > I'm using perl and the DBI stuff to deal with Oracle databases on a > > LAN. > > > > Now, I need to extract data from XML docs and put them in the > > databases. > > > > I've read the book "Learning XML" by Erik T.Ray where XSLT, XPATH and > > XPOINTER are discussed and explained and had a look at CPAN site to > > find out more on the subject (XML stuff, expat, etc). > > > > What I miss is a collection of examples perl of programs where I can > > understand what XML modules are actually required to fulfil my aim, > > how to use them,etc. > > I found XML::Simple a good module to start and play with. If your XML > documents are not too large and if you only need to read XML it may > already be what you need. Using this module you end up having the > complete document parsed into a nested perl data structure with at > least three lines of code( well, and then it is up to you to map this > to your database tables (but there are also modules for that))... > > not exactly at your question for a collection, but > > HTH > > Bodo
