On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:15 AM, James Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Guy Catz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks guys, that's very helpful. > > > > But, once I've used echoxml to write into a file, can I use it again to > > add more values, in append mode? > > yes but an xml file with no root parent is invalid xml ;) > > e.g. if u just append an xml element > elements... > the above would not be valid xml > <somerootelement> elements... </somerootelement> > is valid xml
You can work around this by using two files, a "fixed" one with the root element and defining a system entity referring to the second "dynamic" file containing children of the root, where the root element simply refers to the external entity: ----------- root.xml ---------- <?xml ... /?> <!DOCTYPE root [ <!ENTITY children SYSTEM "children.xml"> ]> <root>&children;</root> ------ children.xml ------- <child /> <child /> ... Write root.xml once, then append to children.xml. If you write a full child each time, your document remains valid. --DD PS: Since last-modified date of root.xml doesn't change when appending to children.xml, you may want to <touch/> root.xml when appending too. PPS: Caveat: Non-validating parsers are not required to resolve entities declared outside the document (in the external subset). In fact, non-validating parsers may not perform entity expansion at all. But this worked for me in the past. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
