in reply to perl script and xml

And while we are on the subject, please don't roll your own XML as well ... consider XML::Generator::DBI instead. It is as simple as:
use strict; use DBI; use XML::Generator::DBI; use XML::Handler::YAWriter; my $biblioperl = yadda yadda ... my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:ODBC:$biblioperl", {RaiseError => 1}, ); my $handler = XML::Handler::YAWriter->new(AsFile => 'biblio.xml'); my $generator = XML::Generator::DBI->new( Handler => $handler, dbh => $dbh, Indent => 1, ); my $consulta = yadda yadda ... $generator->execute($consulta); $dbh->disconnect;
Check out this tutorial for more.

jeffa

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