Building big XML file from scratch - Urgent

Oracle 8.1.7.3 on windows NT platform
What is the best way to generate a quiet big XML file from multiple tables ?
I have information stored in many relational tables from which I need to generate a XML flat file either stored in a CLOB field or in a text file in a system directory. This XML file will be then used
as an input to generate a report either in HTML using XSLT, or in a PDF file using apache-fop or in a MS Excel file using SoftArtisan ExcelWriter.
My XML file has many levels in it structure, I mean that it is composed of one root element with 2 children, each children has a 3 children. One on these 3 children has 2 children and so on. Actually there are more or less 10 nested levels.
To generate this XML file, I tried to use XSU for PL/SQL with the nested cursor() feature plus XSLT to transform the raw XML file to my requirements.
But obviously there are some limitations using this method. Particularly, if the inner cursor returns an empty set I get exhausted resultset java error... A TAR confirmed that limitation.
So I had to give up this method to use basic nested PL/SQL cursors. Each fetched row is then inserted into a table (varchar2) with a sequence number so that with a cursor like select xml_chunk from my_table order by sequence, I get the whole XML file that I save either in a flat file or in a CLOB (using append method).
This method works fine, but it takes time and it's not flexible at all as I have to construct each XML tag. I guest this way of proceeding is not the more efficient...
Using DOM method won't be better as I still need PL/SQL cursor to select each level of my XML structure and in addition I might for sure encounter a problem of memory.
So what solutions would you suggest to generate this XML file. It must be quiet fast. The XML file can be up to 2Mo big. My system is actually a kind of on-the-fly reports generation. I mean that the XML file needs to be created with up-to-date data many times during the working hours !
Quick answers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It's very urgent !!
Thanks

I looks like the best way is to using the SAX processing for your application? Do you know the DTD or XML schema of your output XML document?
Would you send me the sample code for the method "to use XSU for PL/SQL with the nested cursor() feature plus XSLT to transform the raw XML file" to reproduce the problem?

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"DEPearson" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Andy,
>
> There are two ways you can create a xml file from a
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best way with 2005
> and
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xml file, unless
> it
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<![CDATA[the data or html
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>
> If the url is a recordset field, then it will return
with the xml data.
> If
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your URL from the
> data
> in the database.
>
> It is best to use storage procedure (SP )for security
reason when pulling
> data
> from a MS Sql server, make all calls to the database in
a SP. Also be sure
> to
> validate the values in the querystrings before accepting
them, check for
> hack
> code.
>
> David
>

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=======================
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import javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
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I wouldn't expect the application to automatically pull out the xml files from the swc and place them in the File.applicationDirectory on the mobile device. I've tried loading from there just in case but file.exists is false (as expected).
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Just reference the file like any'ol URL using a path relative to the SWC's src directory.
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at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:825)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:738)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
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at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
at XMLUtil.<init>(XMLUtil.java:89)
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Actually if i just print out the message, it gives something like this:
-----------------------------7d63dc71b06b2
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="W"; filename="C:\work_projects\Capas.xml"
Content-Type: text/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetCapabilities version="1.0.0" service="wcs">
<section>/WCS_Capabilities/Capability</section>
</GetCapabilities>
-----------------------------7d63dc71b06b2--
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The ServletInput stream contains this:
-----------------------------7d63dc71b06b2
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="W"; filename="C:\work_projects\Capas.xml"
Content-Type: text/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
i.e., its the HTTP File Upload MIME stuff, followed by the XML. You need to wrap around the input stream something that can decode the HTTP MIME stuff and let you get at the XML itself, i.e., something like: com.orielly.servlet.multipart.MultipartParser (Apache has a similar 'file upload servlet).
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