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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? |
| Date | 2015-05-06 00:35 +0100 |
| References | <d429abb8-2b17-4235-9eea-27a9a6f1ec9f@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.150.1430868973.12865.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 05/05/2015 10:28, Sayth Renshaw wrote: > Hi > > Just checking if the reaction to cry when given XML is normal. > > I thought maybe I am approaching it all wrong, using lxml largely or some xquery to club it into submission. > > See the usual goal is just to take the entire XML and push it into a database. or in future experiment with Mongo or Hdf5 . > > See its never basic xml, usually comes from some database with a walk of tables and strange relationships. > > Am I doing it wrong is there a simple way I am missing? > > Sayth > When the two young lads from the consultants I was working with back in 2000 found a bug with xml handling in the supplier's software I almost ended up in tears. Why? They didn't bother reporting it, they simply modified all their unit testing data to work around the problem, so when we got to integration testing nothing worked at all. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence
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Is it normal to cry when given XML? Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 02:28 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 19:44 +1000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-05 20:04 +1000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> - 2015-05-05 06:20 -0400
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Sayth Renshaw <flebber.crue@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 05:03 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Tim <jtim.arnold@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 06:05 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 10:54 -0600
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-05 16:58 +0000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-05-05 21:03 -0400
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-05-05 16:04 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-06 00:35 +0100
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-06 10:07 +1000
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-05-05 17:19 -0700
Re: Is it normal to cry when given XML? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-06 10:29 +1000
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