XPath. Beautiful! I've been looking for something like that! Thanks, will give it a shot! -Steve
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Johnston Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 11:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash I've found this as version of xpath very very handy.. easy to implement and use also.. http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ >Thanks Jester, but databases are not my forte, to do it quickly I'd >like to just use ActionScript only. Is there anyway I can just load >specific sections of the XML or do I have to load the whole file into >memory? > >On 05/01/06, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Does it have to stay in that format? Meaning, can you convert it and throw >>it into a database? Paging is still an effective methodology, and if you >>can throw it in a database, you can then do what Flash does best and load >>what you need on the fly. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jonathan Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:21 PM >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Massive XML files and Flash >> >> >>Hi, >> >>I find myself in a situation where I need to build a tool to analyse >>lots of xml data. Thousands of records containing a lot of strings as >>well as numericals. I'm sure there are lots of more suitable >>applications and languages, but I the only one I know is Actionscript. >>Luckily, I know it very well and am more than confident at parsing >>XML; however, I've never delt with data on this scale before. So, I'm >>interested to know if anyone has any experience of dealing with this >>sort of build, and whether it is feasible to expect Flash to handle >>it. >> >>More on the data: I need to cross-reference and check data accross 3 >>xml files. They are all big, but the biggest, by way of an example in >>Excel form, has 25,000 records each with around 30 fields, often very >>string heavy. >> >>Any tips would be greatly appreciated? >> >>-- >>Jonathan Clarke >>1976 Ltd >>http://19seventysix.co.uk >>e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 >>m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> > > >-- >Jonathan Clarke >1976 Ltd >http://19seventysix.co.uk >e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >m (UK): +44 773 646 1954 >m (Barbados): +1246 259 9475 >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
