Hi, You can use -X for xml and -H from html. See the example below.
debian76:~# mysql -h 192.168.1.10 -u teen -D teen -pteen -X Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 27178 Server version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log Debian etch distribution Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> mysql> select * from user_time_stamp limit 2; <?xml version="1.0"?> <resultset statement="select * from user_time_stamp limit 2;"> <row> <field name="user_id">1072005</field> <field name="task">1.1.1</field> <field name="time_in">1126267377</field> <field name="time_total">11</field> </row> <row> <field name="user_id">1072005</field> <field name="task">1.1.2</field> <field name="time_in">1126267388</field> <field name="time_total">-999</field> </row> </resultset> 2 rows in set (0.03 sec) On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:29 PM, J Trahair <j.trah...@foreversoftware.co.uk>wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I am interested in how to get an XML request to query a database. I'm > working on generating the XML requests OK, I just need to know how XML meets > database. Are there any generalised pointers to begin with? > > Thanks in advance > > Jonathan Trahair -- Krishna Chandra Prajapati MySQL DBA, Ed Ventures e-Learning Pvt.Ltd. 1-8-303/48/15, Sindhi Colony P.G.Road, Secunderabad. Pin Code: 500003 Office Number: 040-66489771 Mob: 9912924044 URL: ed-ventures-online.com Email-id: prajapat...@gmail.com