The best tool to transform XML is XSLT. It's a little funky to learn, because it's a "functional programming language" but it's designed for XML. I used it this way
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="transformer_stylesheet.xsl" type="text/xsl" ?> <!DOCTYPE my_input [<!ENTITY myfile SYSTEM "Your file name">] > <my_input space="preserve"> &myfile; </my_input> The stylesheet does all the work. You'll find information about XSLT around the 'net. I don't claim to be good at it, I hack away until I get what I need. Note that the contents of &myfile do not _have_ to be XML, I have used this to transform calendar text files into XML and played with extracting info from COBOL source. Also note: I have not done this with the XML you're talking about. I don't remember (Semi-retired) if z/OS contains a 'batch' XML processor; the one I have on my PC at home was XT, written in Java. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
