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abutnaru

Export eXist database

Hi,
I am building a form to collect data which will have to export all data
in the end to a third party in a common format. I know eXist is native
XML. Is there any chance to create an export "mechanism" to export data
in an XML file directly from the XForm?

Regards,
Adrian

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fl.schmitt(ops-users)

Re: Export eXist database

Adrian,

> I am building a form to collect data which will have to export all data
> in the end to a third party in a common format. I know eXist is native
> XML. Is there any chance to create an export "mechanism" to export data
> in an XML file directly from the XForm?

i think this shouldn't be a problem. Your xforms instances are xml
already, so you just have to use a processor like the file-serialize [1]
to write them to disk, for example. There are more serializers that may
be suitabe for your needs, too. It may be possible to serialize a XML
file from eXist "directly", but IMHO it's easier to retrieve it through
REST or XMLDB into OF and serialize it using one of the OF serializers.

HTH
florian

[1] http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-serializers#file-serializer

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abutnaru

Re: Re: Export eXist database

Thank you Florian. I will try to use file-serialize and see what tthe
results are. The idea is that once exported the database should be
easily imported in any common database system (MySQL, Postgres).

Thanks for the tip!

Regards,
Adrian

Florian Schmitt schreef:

> Adrian,
>
>> I am building a form to collect data which will have to export all
>> data in the end to a third party in a common format. I know eXist is
>> native XML. Is there any chance to create an export "mechanism" to
>> export data in an XML file directly from the XForm?
>
> i think this shouldn't be a problem. Your xforms instances are xml
> already, so you just have to use a processor like the file-serialize
> [1] to write them to disk, for example. There are more serializers
> that may be suitabe for your needs, too. It may be possible to
> serialize a XML file from eXist "directly", but IMHO it's easier to
> retrieve it through REST or XMLDB into OF and serialize it using one
> of the OF serializers.
>
> HTH
> florian
>
> [1] http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-serializers#file-serializer
>
>

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