I don't want to sound like a broken record (!) but at the risk of sounding like one, this is precisely what XMLTask will do (including inserting XML with non-root nodes into existing documents, appending XML elements and fragments incrementally etc.).
Anyway - that's my lot for the moment :-) Brian On Thu, May 1, 2008 15:30, Dominique Devienne wrote: > 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] > -- Brian Agnew http://www.oopsconsultancy.com OOPS Consultancy Ltd Tel: +44 (0)7720 397526 Fax: +44 (0)20 8682 0012 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
