Seems to me the biggest problem is to make drill understand the nested structure of an xml document. That work has been done for json, so let's build on it. Suppose there was a translator that converted xml to json (adding attributes for things that json lacks, such as namespaces, text, element tags). Drill knows how to handle json, even if it is a bit verbose. The translator could be applied on the fly.
Julian Sent from my iPad > On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Stefán Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > It's not possible but there has been some talk here about supporting it. > If I remember correctly it's rather complicated and not really feasible. > (I'm just a newbie so don't take my words for it) > > > Regards, > -Stefan > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Daniel Ajo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey there, >> >> I was wondering if it is possible to query XML files using Apache Drill? >> >> I see there are several formats, and maybe it would work using an xpath >> query of some sorts, but just wondering if it would work to directly query >> it using some sort of plug-in. >> >> Well, let me know, >> >> Daniel Ajo >> ********************************************************* CONFIDENTIALITY >> NOTE: This electronic transmission contains information belonging to Abarca >> Health LLC, which is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the >> intended recipient, please immediately advise the sender by reply e-mail or >> telephone that this message has been inadvertently transmitted to you and >> delete this e-mail from your system. If you have received this transmission >> in error, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, >> distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the >> information is strictly prohibited. >>
