It looked like she was going to be traversing the XML on the desktop machine, and only needed the data on the Palm. If this is the case, then the question again becomes "for which app"?
If she wants the XML itself, there is always "Doc" format. Or even memopad format if it will be under 4k. -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! Hari Warrier wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >I don't find anything wrong with the question. If I have a 30K file >that is required for a program running on Palm, you certainly need to >create a PDB file with the data. Heather already explained that the data >will be traversed using XML DOM (which would mean that it cannot >be any one of those one-program-fits-all DB packages). > >There are utilities (command line ones) that convert files to PDB format. >There was one perl program called 'pdb' which converts a set of files to >PDB format - where contents of each file becomes one record. >I haven't used 'par', but that should be similar too. > >You will have to split your file to many smaller (<60K) files >If you are using unix, consider 'split'. Your DOM traversal >algorithm should also be intelligent enough to traverse data >spread across many chunks. > >"Richard M. Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Saying "I need to convert (something) to PDB format" >> is like saying "I need to convert (something) to MS-DOS file format" >> or "I need to convert (something) to Macintosh file format". >> >> PDB files are the foriegn file-system representation of what are called >> "databases" on the Palm. But a Palm "database" is really more equivilant >> to a file on any other OS than it is to say a dBase or FoxPro data file. >> >> Now there are a large number of applications on the Palm, and each >requires >> it's own data format in it's own databases. So ... do you want to read >> the raw XML on the Palm (with all the <tags>)? Then perhaps Doc >> format is what you want. Do you want to load the data into a >"conventional" >> database where you can search, sort & filter? Then perhaps JFile is for >> you. >> How about putting the same data into a spreadsheet? TinySheet could >> be what you are after ... well, you get the idea. >> >> So ... just what is it you want to do? >> >> -- >> -Richard M. Hartman >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! >> >> >> Heather Gazdik wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >> > >> >Hi, >> > >> >I looking at data transfer in a new light. I can't believe I am asking >> this >> >question after all these months of developing: >> > >> > If I have a file (xml to be specific). I am going to take an XML >file >> >and using the XMLDOM I will transverse the file to get the data. I now >> need >> >this data in pdb format. Is there a utility to change a file in to a pdb >> >format?? I don't need this data synchronized..therefore don't really see >> >the need of using a conduit?? Should I use a conduit?? or can I just >> >install the pdb file. >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Heather >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
