#!perl
use strict;
use DBI;
use XML::Twig;

my $dbh = dbh();
$dbh->do("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ice_categories");
$dbh->do("CREATE TABLE ice_categories (
      category_id int(11) not null,
      parent_cat_id int(11) not null,
      category_name varchar(100) not null default '',
      category_description varchar(100) not null default '',
      category_image varchar(100) not null default '',
      category_thumb varchar(100) not null default '',
      KEY (category_id), KEY (parent_cat_id))
      CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;");

my $sql = 'INSERT INTO ice_categories (
  category_id, parent_cat_id, category_name, 
  category_description, category_image, category_thumb) 
  VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?)';

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);  
  
my $t = XML::Twig->new( twig_handlers => { 
  'Category' => \&Category } );
$t->parsefile( 'file.xml' );

sub Category{
  my ($t, $elt) = @_;
  my @f = ( $elt->att('ID') );
  $f[4] = $elt->att('LowPic');
  $f[5] = $elt->att('ThumbPic');
  $f[1] = $elt->first_child('ParentCategory')->att('ID');
  $f[2] = $elt->first_child('Name[@langid="1"]')->att('Value');
  $f[3] = $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Value');
  print "@f\n";
  $sth->execute(@f);
}

# connect
sub dbh {
  my $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost";
  my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, 'user', 'password',
            {RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 1}) 
            or die (Error connecting " $DBI::errstr");
}
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Hi many thanks for the code. i ran it on the full file and it showed up an error while processing. Can't call method "att" on an undefined value at import_icecat.pl line 107. line 107 is

 
$f[3] = $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Value');
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looking at the xml i find that there is block with missing attributes.It has the opening and closing Category tag but not discription.How do i get it to ignore where tags are missing and keep processing

 
  <Category ID="1" LowPic="" Score="0" Searchable="0" ThumbPic="" UNCA
+TID="" Visible="0">
        <Name ID="0" Value="" langid="1"/>
       <ParentCategory ID="1"/>
      </Category>
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Try

sub Category{
  my ($t, $elt) = @_;
  my @f = ( $elt->att('ID') ,'','','','','' );
  $f[4] = $elt->att('LowPic');
  $f[5] = $elt->att('ThumbPic');
  $f[1] = $elt->first_child('ParentCategory')->att('ID');
  
  for my $e ($elt->children('@langid="1"')){
    $f[2] = $e->att('Value') if $e->name eq 'Name';
    $f[3] = $e->att('Value') if $e->name eq 'Description';
  }
  
  print "@f\n";
  $sth->execute(@f);
}
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poj

block eval, like  $f[3] = eval { $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Value'); }; so if there is no first_child ... and no att value ... the program keeps going

i tried

$f[3] = eval { $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Val
+ue'); };
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i get an error

 
Use of uninitialized value $f[3] in join or string at import_icecat.pl
+ line 108.
1 1
DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Column 'category_description' cannot be
+ null at import_icecat.pl line 109.
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i tried ... i get an error

Great, so what is your question?

Q: Hello Mr.Bartender, I don't have my langid, can I have a drink?

A: I need to see langid

lol.. its 2 am here.. your joke cracked me up..:) thank you.. my question is how do i get the script to ignore where the tags are not present.been looking at the xml and in cases the discription or another tag is not present.I want the script to carry on and ignore mising tags..

opps.. shoudl have been bit clear in previous post. if tag is missing then $f[3] = eval { $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Value'); }; Works.But if tags are not closed properly like

  <Category ID="1" LowPic="" Score="0" Searchable="0" ThumbPic="" UNCA
+TID="" Visible="0">
        <Name ID="0" Value="" langid="1"/>
       <ParentCategory ID="1"/>
      </Category>
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then i get an error..If i delete this .then it works.Otherwose it throws an error as mentioned earlier.

then i am lost in the twig docs.

Sorry, I can't help with that. I've never had occasion to use Twig.

Perhaps you should start another thread asking for help doing the conversion.