I have done it myself when I was doing a proof of concept some years ago, i.e. check if it would be possible to parse large XML files. With a little program I generated several simple but big XML files. Next I used an event based parser. It worked fine and was scalable as well. Parsing the file should not be a problem and you can try different parsers to see what suits you best.

I like the suggestion of pc88mxer. As it is a dump from a relational database the structure of the resulting XML files is probably very simple. By utilizing this you’ll get the best performance.

Another option would be to chop up the file/dump it in more manageable chunks but I don’t think disk space or a few hundred MB’s of memory is a problem for you.

Saludos,
dHarry

In reply to Re: XML parsing - huge file strategy? by dHarry
in thread XML parsing - huge file strategy? by ethrbunny

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