XForms solution for importing XML

> Hi,
> I have approximately 150 xml files with the same structure. Is  
> Orbeon XForms offering any solution to easu upload all and insert  
> them inside an xform?
> Thanks for any supporting idea!
>
> Adrian
>
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> "Easily", I guess not. We have oxf:directory-scanner, which you could
> use to write an XPL doing this though:
>
>   http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-directory-scanner
>
> -Erik
>
> On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Adrian Butnaru wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have approximately 150 xml files with the same structure. Is Orbeon
>> XForms offering any solution to easu upload all and insert them
>> inside an xform?
>> Thanks for any supporting idea!
>>
>> Adrian
>>
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> I read the page but the directory scanner is reading only metadata of
> the files in the directory. I need to open the files and to read field
> by field for example:
>
> <name> John </name>
>
> John should be read and put into the xforms in a "name" text field for
> example.
>
> Can this be done only using existing XForms features?

> Adrian,
>
>  
>> I read the page but the directory scanner is reading only metadata of
>> the files in the directory. I need to open the files and to read field
>> by field for example:
>>
>> <name> John </name>
>>
>> John should be read and put into the xforms in a "name" text field for
>> example.
>>
>> Can this be done only using existing XForms features?
>>    
>
> i think you're expecting possibilities regarding data access from xforms where a
> xml database is the better tool. AFAIK eXist-db allows for "bulk uploads". Why
> not just uploading all the xml files into an eXist collection (either the
> embedded eXist or a standalone) and then accessing them (REST / XPath, XQuery or
> anything else? This way, you have precise access to the desired xml elements and
> can use them in orbeon.
>
> hth
> florian
>
>  

> Erik,
> I read the page but the directory scanner is reading only metadata  
> of the files in the directory. I need to open the files and to read  
> field by field for example:
>
> <name> John </name>
> John should be read and put into the xforms in a "name" text field  
> for example.
>
> Can this be done only using existing XForms features?
>
>
> A.
>
>
>
> Erik Bruchez schreef:
>> "Easily", I guess not. We have oxf:directory-scanner, which you  
>> could use to write an XPL doing this though:
>>
>>  http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-directory-scanner
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Adrian Butnaru wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have approximately 150 xml files with the same structure. Is  
>>> Orbeon XForms offering any solution to easu upload all and insert  
>>> them inside an xform?
>>> Thanks for any supporting idea!
>>>
>>> Adrian
>>>
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>>
>> --
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>> http://www.orbeon.com/
>>
>
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