Berkeley DBXML comes with a perl API. It's very nice, and provides full XPath queries, e.g.
# find all the products where the price is less than or equal to 0.11 doQuery( $theMgr, $container, '/product/inventory[price<=0.11]'); www.sleepycat.com - Mark. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of William B. Hare > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:29 PM > To: maypole-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Maypole] Using Maypole with a native xml database > sutch as eXistor xindice > > Hi All, > > I've looked thru the docs and dbm modules on cpan but can't > really find an answer. > > I'm converting a arev(advanced revelation) version 1 database > which originally ran on floppies (I think) to a web app, it's > a document inventory of historical documents from the > 1500-1600's, anyway as arev was a format that allowed > multiple values for a field, my options are to convert it to > a triditional database with multiple many to many > relationships (a nightmare), or extract the data in xml > format which maps well to the original arev format. > > Id like to use Maypole as it looks like it would be a easy > solution, all they want to do is view, update, search and > browse, and since translations( of the full documents) are > stored in the database, it work well as a web app. In > addition, it will eventually be published to the web for > public access. > > Anyway, sorry for the runon, but the thing is I find DBI > modules for MySql, and other triditional DBs but not for a > native XML open source database. > > Am I just missing something here? > > Thanks for any help, Bill > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server > v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057& > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Maypole-users mailing list > Maypole-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maypole-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Maypole-users mailing list Maypole-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maypole-users