DBD::AnyData can create in-memory databases from remote XML data sources so you could scrape and insert with no parsing or file saves (although you could easily keep a file copy by adding a single line). It uses LWP and XML::Twig in the background. 
#!perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;
my $dbh_a=('dbi:AnyData(RaiseError=1):');
my $dbh_m=( $mysql_dsn );
$dbh_a->ad_import( 'temp','XML', $remote_url);

my $select = $dbh_a->prepare("SELECT $colnames FROM temp");
my $insert  = $dbh_m->prepare("
    INSERT INTO $mysqlTable ($colnames) VALUES ($placeholder_str)
");
$select->execute;
while( my $row = $select->fetch ) {
    $insert->execute( @$row );
}

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update - added a line # I forgot to show the mysql connect

In reply to Re: XML Feed to MySQL by jZed
in thread XML Feed to MySQL by Anonymous Monk

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