Which sort of XML parser are you using? or you created your own parser
alternatively?
There's also a (questionable) trend toward using XML, rather than a CSV,
as the intermediate file. A recent online webinar from Sybase iAnywhere
and AvantGo featured their M-Server software which can send
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Which sort of XML parser are you using? or you created your own parser
alternatively?
None, I'm pursing CSV! :-)
I know there are a few available on the web, but I haven't explored any
of them in detail. With new Palm devices
A two-step process
like Veronica suggests does not work for us. Even with steps written
down there have been users who will forget to do something in a process
chain. For me, the KISS principal is still a good one to follow.
That my 1/2 cent on the question.
Steve Jerrett
Systems Analyst
There's also a (questionable) trend toward using XML, rather than a CSV,
as the intermediate file. A recent online webinar from Sybase iAnywhere
and AvantGo featured their M-Server software which can send data between
the server and a handheld using XML, either by cradle sync or wireless
sync.
Hi All,
I see information is stored in text files on desktop side most of the
times. Why the databases such as MS-Access or SQL server are not used as
often as text files. I 'll be implementing a conduit for an application.
If there are no precise reasons to use text files, I would prefer to use
A palm database is not like a database table in ms-acess or sql server.
In a traditional database that you work with by means of SQL (standard
query language, usually a subset of sql92) you have a table a table
have some set fields, each record has the same fields. You may be used
to see it as
Sadanandam O. asked:
I see information is stored in text files on desktop side most of the
times. Why the databases such as MS-Access or SQL server are not used as
often as text files. I 'll be implementing a conduit for an application.
If there are no precise reasons to use text files, I would
Steve Jerrett wrote:
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One last thing to take into consideration is the level of knowledge that
potential users have (a nice way of saying computer literacy). Many of
our users either use computers only because its a job requirement or
know just enough to be dangerous. If there's a way to
