RE: [xml-dev] Handling very large instance docs

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

You could also use a pull-based XML parser that supported XPath-based
pattern matching such as the XPathReader described at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml05192004.asp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Greener [mailto:andy@gid.co.uk] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:13 AM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] Handling very large instance docs
> 
> Before we dive into a local bespoke development, is anyone 
> aware of any tools that can efficiently handle browsing and 
> editing of very large XML documents (2-300Mb of repeating 
> structure at the top
> end) on "normal" PC workstation hardware?
> 
> At the very least I need to be able to sequentially process a 
> large document and extract an identified sub-tree (ideally 
> denoted by an XPath expression) for run-of-the-mill tools to 
> manipulate. I assume such a beast would need to be based on a 
> SAX parser.
> 
> I suppose my other option is to dump the doc into an 
> XML-native database and get at the fragments via a query 
> mechanism. Any suggestions gratefully received...
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