Hi, Pamela.
>>As XmlAdapter allows you to put several cursors in the same XML (hierarchically)
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>Although XMLAdaptor can handle multiple tables, I have yet to see an example of it properly handling true hierarchical XML. Can you point me to an example where it does?
If you mean a multiple hierarchy, as formal XML allows to handle (for instance, having each customer's orders hanging *into* the customer element), then no, it doesn't handle this.
What XmlAdapter does is to "chain" a cursor after the other, putting all of them under a single VFPDataSet hierarchy. Anyway, as VFP is so cursor-oriented, it is more useful that way, IMHO. It would be nice for VFP to work over the established relationships and build a real data tree, but then it would be a bit difficult (and probably quite slower) to pares it again to get the cursors.
If you want to take a look at a small framework I used to present sessions on that, you can check:
http://www.mugdays.com.ar/Conferencias.aspThe PPTs are in Spanish, but the code... is just code. 8-)
You can also take a look at several articles published on UT Magazine and CoDe.
Regards,
