I'm trying (reasonably successfully, to a point) XML files using XML-Twig, however I'm encountering some undesirable output issues. Input file is received, of the format 
<EXPORT>
  <OUTPUT>2008-01-01</OUTPUT>
  <RECORD>.....</RECORD>
  <RECORD>.....</RECORD>
  ....
</EXPORT>

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I'm looking to retrieve certain RECORD elements from the file - which I can isolate using handlers without any problem (the code below is just a sample). 
sub record_check {
  my( $nhf, $record)= @_; 
  my $member = $record->first_child('ID')->text;

  if ( $member <1000 ) {
    $nhf->flush();
    print "\n";
  }
  $nhf->purge();
}

my $nhf= XML::Twig->new( twig_roots => { RECORD => 1, },twig_handlers 
+=> { RECORD => \&record_check,}, );
$nhf->parsefile( $input_file );
$nhf->purge;

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I was expecting to see 
<RECORD>...........</RECORD>
<RECORD>...........</RECORD>
....

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but instead, if the first RECORD matches my query, I get 
<EXPORT><RECORD>............</RECORD>
<RECORD>...........</RECORD>
....

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everything is OK if the first RECORD doesn't match.

Anyone got any ideas how I can get rid of the unwanted <EXPORT> at the beginning of the output; I had hoped using TWIG_ROOT would solve the problem, but apparently not.

BTW - The input file is HUGE, so use of triggers is a MUST as otherwise building the entire tree takes an enormous amount of time and memory.

In reply to XML Twig - Isolate Element by zacc

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