Thanks Jorg! It's worth quite a bit! :) Bent
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:15:46 +0200, Jorg Heymans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fwiw, i was going to suggest the same solution - forget about the desert > island metaphore :) It's IMO the best way to do this. > > > > Bent Andr� Solheim wrote: > > Thanks Derek, > > > > The path you describe is the one I have taken so far, and as it turns > > out, the tutorial you suggested is exactly the one I was reading > > before seeing your mail! :) If nobody suggest a better way, I think > > I'll stick to this solution for now. > > > > Makes me feel better to know that there are other people that would > > choose the same solution I have - "desert island" or not. Thanks again > > Derek! > > > > > > Best Regards > > Bent. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:16:50 +0200, Derek Hohls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Bent > >> > >>You're free to ignore this reply if you get a better one from a > >>more knowledgeble Cocoon developer ... but if I was stuck on a > >>desert island and had no one to ask, I think would go with trying > >>to develop a customer generator that talks to the database, > >>gets the zipped data, does the extraction into XML and passes > >>on the SAX event to the downstream transformer (prob. XSLT). > >>(of course, I have never actually done this ;-) > >> > >>There's a good tutorial at: > >>http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/tutorial/tutorial-generator.html > >>(the last example deals with getting data from a database) > >> > >>I would imagine that the Java "ZIP" class would also be of use: > >>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-tree.html > >> > >>But, as a I said, this is very much "desert island" advice! > >> > >>Derek > >> > >> > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004/10/28 01:22:59 PM >>> > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>My name is Bent Andr� Solheim, and I just started working on a project > >>where we want to extract zipped xml from mysql, unzip it and transform > >>it using a couple of xslt transformations with Cocoon. I have looked > >>around the docs and wiki and have come to the conclusion that I have > >>to extend ComposerGenerator, hence creating my own generator, to > >>accomplish this. I hoped to not having to do this, and instead only > >>use standard components. Any of you guys out there with more > >>experience than me have a suggestion? Would it be possible to do > >>something like the following; > >> > >>- Create an xsp page that extracts the zipped data and wraps it in a > >>CDATA element > >>- Pass this on to some sort of transformer that would > >>"transform"/unzip the zipped data in the CDATA element, understand > >>that the extracted data was XML and use this XML document to generate > >>sax events to the next transformer on the pipeline. > >>- The next transformer transforms to HTML > >> > >>Any advice would be appreciated! > >> > >>Best Regards > >>Bent Andr� Solheim > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>-- > >>This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>believed to be clean. > >>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
