RE: dumping XML document

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Schneider [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 03 January, 2007 10:40 AM
> To: Tag Libraries Users List
> Subject: Re: dumping XML document
> 
> Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Using tomcat 6.0.0, I am using the following fragment to fetch a 
> > remote XML document:
> > 
> > <c:catch var="caught">
> >  <c:import url="${param.url}" varReader="xmlSource">
> >   <x:parse var="doc" xml="${xmlSource}" scope="page" />  
> </c:import> 
> > </c:catch>
> > 
> > Using <x:out select="$doc/....."/> allows for fetching of values of 
> > elements / attributes as expected.  I have encountered a situation 
> > where I would like to fetch and store the entire document 
> in a database.
> > 
> > Trying <x:out select"$doc"/> outputs the entire XML 
> document without 
> > the element names, etc. (i.e. only the content within the 
> elements / 
> > attributes).
> > 
> > Any idea on what's the best way to achieve this?
> 
> Some questions:
> Do you always want to store the entire doc or only under 
> certain conditions?
> 

The page is built to respond to a certain operation, so always.

> How do you want to store the doc? For example, as a CLOB or 
> something else?

Quite simply as a text string (i.e. PostgreSQL text type).