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* Michael Kay <mike@s...> [2005-01-18 05:06]: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan Gutierrez [mailto:alan-xml-dev@e...] > > Sent: 18 January 2005 07:57 > > To: xml-dev@l... > > Subject: Appending XML to File > > > > I was wondering if anyone had used XML in a logging context. > > > > Have you wanted to append XML to file, or store XML events to > > file? How did you do this and manage to keep the document well > > formed? > > > > 1. Create a directory structure contianing a document for each > > event. > > > > 2. Create a file that contains one document after another, each > > representing an event.. > > > > 3. Seek to the start of the last element, overwrite with > > event and new element. > > > > Option 1 sounds unwieldy, option 2 creates a peculiar file, and > > option 3 sounds fragile. > > Insight is much appreciated. > Use parsed external entities. > > The document never changes and reads > > <log> > &data; > </log> > > The data file contains the records: > > <entry>...</entry> > <entry>...</entry> > <entry>...</entry> > <entry>...</entry> > > and you can append to it any time you like. > > This is about the only time I ever use external entities. This is perfect, Michael. Thank you. -- Alan Gutierrez - alan@e...
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