Thanks Jenda, But it is a bit frustrating that I can't expect when the multiple calls will happen. For the same repetetive element, most of the time one call. But suddenly multiple calls take place.
Cheers, Jason > From: je...@krynicky.cz > To: beginners@perl.org > Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:09:20 +0200 > Subject: Re: A problem while using XML::Parser::PerlSAX > > From: Jason Feng <q15...@hotmail.com> > > I am using XML::Parser::PerlSAX > > to parse a 300M XML file. I meet a strange issue with handler characters. > > This handler is supposed to return > > all the contents between start markup and end markup. But sometimes it just > > returns one part of the whole contents. On the second call, perhaps it > > returns > > the rest part of the contents. > > That is to be expected. > > From the docs of XML::Parser: > > Char (Expat, String) > > This event is generated when non-markup is recognized. The > non-markup sequence of characters is in String. A single > non-markup sequence of characters may generate multiple calls > to this handler. Whatever the encoding of the string in > the original document, this is given to the handler in UTF-8. > > Write your code so that it handles this. Or use a module that does > this for you. > > 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/ > > _________________________________________________________________ If It Exists, You'll Find it on SEEK. Australia's #1 job site http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/