Date sent: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:26:53 +0800 Subject: Re: What is the best way to parse a GPX (XML) file From: Jeff Pang <jeffp...@aol.com> To: robert Key <robert...@telkomsa.net> Copies to: beginners@perl.org
> 2010/6/16 robert Key <robert...@telkomsa.net>: > > Hi I would like to parse GPX file (XML) and insert certain data items into > > a MySQL database. There are mulitude of XML modules which can be used. > > > > These modules all build a hash from the data. Is this done because it is > > easy to find the the data simply using the key? > > > > I don't mind writing my own parser although this seems to be reinventing the > > wheel but some like XML::Parser are very general purpose and require a huge > > learning curve. > > > > How about XML::Simple? That's easy to learn and use. > http://search.cpan.org/~grantm/XML-Simple-2.18/lib/XML/Simple.pm XML::Simple has its quirks and problems. (I'm offline as I'm writing this.) Please search "Simpler than XML::Simple" on perlmonks.org for discussion of some and an alternative (almost drop in, but extendable). Jenda ===== je...@krynicky.cz === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
