I don't find anything wrong with the question. If I have a 30K file that is required for a program running on Palm, you certainly need to create a PDB file with the data. Heather already explained that the data will be traversed using XML DOM (which would mean that it cannot be any one of those one-program-fits-all DB packages).
There are utilities (command line ones) that convert files to PDB format. There was one perl program called 'pdb' which converts a set of files to PDB format - where contents of each file becomes one record. I haven't used 'par', but that should be similar too. You will have to split your file to many smaller (<60K) files If you are using unix, consider 'split'. Your DOM traversal algorithm should also be intelligent enough to traverse data spread across many chunks. "Richard M. Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Saying "I need to convert (something) to PDB format" > is like saying "I need to convert (something) to MS-DOS file format" > or "I need to convert (something) to Macintosh file format". > > PDB files are the foriegn file-system representation of what are called > "databases" on the Palm. But a Palm "database" is really more equivilant > to a file on any other OS than it is to say a dBase or FoxPro data file. > > Now there are a large number of applications on the Palm, and each requires > it's own data format in it's own databases. So ... do you want to read > the raw XML on the Palm (with all the <tags>)? Then perhaps Doc > format is what you want. Do you want to load the data into a "conventional" > database where you can search, sort & filter? Then perhaps JFile is for > you. > How about putting the same data into a spreadsheet? TinySheet could > be what you are after ... well, you get the idea. > > So ... just what is it you want to do? > > -- > -Richard M. Hartman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! > > > Heather Gazdik wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > > >Hi, > > > >I looking at data transfer in a new light. I can't believe I am asking > this > >question after all these months of developing: > > > > If I have a file (xml to be specific). I am going to take an XML file > >and using the XMLDOM I will transverse the file to get the data. I now > need > >this data in pdb format. Is there a utility to change a file in to a pdb > >format?? I don't need this data synchronized..therefore don't really see > >the need of using a conduit?? Should I use a conduit?? or can I just > >install the pdb file. > > > >Thanks, > >Heather > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
