Question

I have an XML file and would like to run a search on the nodes for text that matches user input. My options are:

1. Convert the XML file to a SQL table and run the search against the table records.

2. Search the XML nodes themselves.

The problem is that I cannot find a open source conversion utility, nor can I figure out how to search the XML nodes.

I can use PHP, Ruby, or Python for the search code.

Any pointers on how can I do 1 or 2?

Thanks

Answer 1

For #2, define an XPath expression that corresponds to the search to perform, then use one of the many XML bindings to to apply it to the XML document.