"I have a situation at work. Will be receiving XML file which contains quote information for car insurance. I need to translate this file into a flat comma delimited file which will be imported into a software package. Each XML file I receive will contain information on one quote only. I have documentation on layout of flat file and examples of XML file (lot of fields but only container tags and field tags no DTD's,look easy enough). I am just starting to learn python and have never had to work with XML files before. Working in MS Windows environment. I have Python 2.4 with win32 extensions. "
Sounds like the sort of thing I and others have done very easily with Amara: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/19/amara.html Overall, if you're new to Python and XML, here are some resources: http://www.xml.com/pub/at/24 http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/general-section -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://fourthought.com http://copia.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org Use CSS to display XML, part 2 - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/x-dw-x-xmlcss2-i.html XML Output with 4Suite & Amara - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/04/20/py-xml.htmlUse XSLT to prepare XML for import into OpenOffice Calc - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-oocalc/ Schema standardization for top-down semantic transparency - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think31.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
