SQL into XML

[Damjan]

Hi All;

My SQL queries return one, two, sometimes even three levels of XML
data.
So for orders in my system I would like to see in my XML:

<RESULTS>
<order>
<number>3213</number>
<date>Feb 03, 2003</date>
<product>
<name>NEC Monitor</name>
<quantity>3</quantity>
<serial_numbers>
<sn>12321312321</sn>
<sn>44314133422</sn>
<sn>43434343553</sn>
<serial_numbers>
</product>
<product>
<name>Genius Mouse</name>
<quantity>2</quantity>
<serial_numbers>
<sn>23232</sn>
<sn>44343</sn>
<serial_numbers>
</product>
</order>
<order>
<number>444</number>
<date>Mar 06, 2003</date>
<product>
<name>MS Keyboard</name>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<serial_numbers>
<sn>333333</sn>
<serial_numbers>
</product>
</order>
.........
</RESULTS>

obviously my query would reutrn

order_num order_date product_name quantity
serial_number
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3231 Feb 03, 2003 NEC Monitor 3 12321312321
3231 Feb 03, 2003 NEC Monitor 3 44314133422
3231 Feb 03, 2003 NEC Monitor 3 43434343553
3231 Feb 03, 2003 Genius Mouse 2 23232
3231 Feb 03, 2003 Genius Mouse 2 44343
444 Mar 06, 2003 MS Keyboard 1 333333

You get the point. I do not want to have 3 queries, but only one that
returns something like described above.

For now I have a functioin that does this, but the algorithm is not
the best, and it only works for two levels (so XML without the s/n for
example).
This must be a common problem, I would appriciate input as to how this
is commonly done, any pointers to web sites, articles... are all
welcome. I'd try to search the groups but for what?:) I would also
like to describe my current algorithm, but for now it seems I would
just bore you.

Looking for some input

Damjan

[Attila Feher]

Damjan wrote:

Hi All;

My SQL queries return one, two, sometimes even three levels of XML
data.

Please read the name of this newsgroup for yourself and observe that neither
XML nor SQL is in it.

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Attila aka WW

[Damjan]

Not gonna argue, but how do you think youre gonna get SQL into XML
unless you use a programming language like C++.

anyway bye

[WW]

Damjan wrote:

Not gonna argue, but how do you think youre gonna get SQL into XML
unless you use a programming language like C++.

PHP, Perl, Java and all the million others. BTW in any case: this is not a
C++ language question. if you want to know how to make XML: post no an XML
group. If you want to know how to use SQL: post to an SQL newsgroup. If
you want to know how to make tyhe algoritm: post to an algorithm newsgroup.
If you have questions about the C++ *language*, you post here.

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WW aka Attila