Difference between XML stage and XML Input/ Output stages
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:28 am
Hello and thank you for reading my question.
I'm used the XML Input stage as the way of managing XML inputs into targets (db tables for example). Did not like working with the stage as the repeating element concept, plus my terrible understanding of XSLT, made me resort to sub-par method of coding (more than 1 XML Input stage to handle each repeating element and Join stage to marry data together).
I'm looking at the XML stage and it appears to offer a better method of handling placement of elements in the output links. Not having to nominate a repeating element, I see an opportunity to read the XML document once and process all the repeating elements together.
The question - is the XML stage IBM's improved offering to the XML Input/ Output stages or are both the same thing?
Regards,
Rama
I'm used the XML Input stage as the way of managing XML inputs into targets (db tables for example). Did not like working with the stage as the repeating element concept, plus my terrible understanding of XSLT, made me resort to sub-par method of coding (more than 1 XML Input stage to handle each repeating element and Join stage to marry data together).
I'm looking at the XML stage and it appears to offer a better method of handling placement of elements in the output links. Not having to nominate a repeating element, I see an opportunity to read the XML document once and process all the repeating elements together.
The question - is the XML stage IBM's improved offering to the XML Input/ Output stages or are both the same thing?
Regards,
Rama