C/C++ and XML with 8i?

Hi,
Just give me a few guidelines to help me starting : I would like to provide an XML interface to my database, using C or C++ code. (ie, extract query results and generate XML output, and store XML documents in the database). All parts in the whole project are C and C++ (no java anywhere), and I would like to keep it like this.
All this is using 8iR2, under RH6.2. What tools and/or API should I use? Till now, I can only find APIs, samples, documentation, etc, relative to java...
Thanks,
CJ.

Currently you can only materialize XML from SQL Queries via Java or PL/SQL using our XML SQL Utility. There are no C/C++ total solutions at this time.
Oracle XML Team
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Summary result of the MS case:
After much review & scrutiny, the command line and XML files are syntactically correct and rules are sound.
The articles I referenced in the ticket are indeed old and speak of an older version of USMT, so I can accept the possibility that something may have changed between USMT versions that render those suggested rules & instructions invalid.
Despite using
unconditionalExclude to unconditionally globally exclude objects, something else is trumping that rule, and there’s no way around that.
Even using
MigXmlHelper.DestinationPrioity() won’t help us here because, like above, something else trumps that rule, and there’s no way around that.
The last proposed suggestion is to disable the shmig component, which may or may not break or otherwise adversely affect the backup/restore of other things. (This may be too difficult to detect easily or in initial testing and the uncertainty doesn’t
give us confidence problems won’t arise as a result of this change. Also,
Ned Pyle's post post says NOT to, but then again that's an old post.)
Is this no longer possible or am I'm just doing it wrong?

Thanks for the reply
TimAmico!
I saw your responses on Friday & Saturday, but didn't reply because I wanted to think this over a bit and try to get a second opinion.
The 'Appearance and Display' component looks to have a has a number of sub-components.
<component displayname="Appearance and Display" migrate="yes" ID="appearance_and_display">
<component displayname="Windows Games Settings" migrate="yes" ID="appearance_and_display\windows_games_settings">
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-GameExplorer" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-gameexplorer/microsoft-windows-gameexplorer/settings"/>
</component>
<component displayname="Taskbar and Start Menu" migrate="yes" ID="appearance_and_display\taskbar_and_start_menu">
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-stobject" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-stobject/microsoft-windows-stobject/settings"/>
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-explorer" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-explorer/microsoft-windows-explorer/settings"/>
</component>
<component displayname="Personalized Settings" migrate="yes" ID="appearance_and_display\personalized_settings">
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-uxtheme" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-uxtheme/microsoft-windows-uxtheme/settings"/>
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-themeui" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-themeui/microsoft-windows-themeui/settings"/>
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-shmig" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-shmig/microsoft-windows-shmig/settings"/>
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-shell32" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-shell32/microsoft-windows-shell32/settings"/>
<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-CommandPrompt" migrate="yes" ID="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-commandprompt/microsoft-windows-commandprompt/settings"/>
</component>
</component>
If I'm understanding the XML correctly, setting 'Appearance and Display' to 'no' will not bring over any of the sub components:
Windows Games Settings: Microsoft-Windows-GameExplorer
Tarkbar & Start Menu: Microsoft-Windows-stobject
Tarkbar & Start Menu: Microsoft-Windows-explorer
Personalized Settings: Microsoft-Windows-uxtheme
Personalized Settings: Microsoft-Windows-themeui
Personalized Settings: Microsoft-Windows-shmig
Personalized Settings: Microsoft-Windows-shell32
Personalized Settings: Microsoft-Windows-CommandPrompt
If so, that, to me at least, represents a pretty significant change! We want the pinned items but not the backgrounds and themes so that specific change won't work for us, but glad to hear it meets your needs. (Also greatly appreciate your sharing
your results with us.)
I'll admit, even before reaching out to MS, the logs clearly show that the themes/backgrounds are all part of the 'Microsoft-Windows-shmig' component but dang it if I want something of substance (read: official documentation) that covers what exactly that
component handles. (I like to know what I'm potentially getting myself into.)

ITunes - Two Libraries by Mistake on same iMac, How to Amalgamate and Deal with Duplicates?

I'm using iTunes 9.2.1 on a PPC iMac G5 running OS X 10.4.11.
I have previously had lots of problems with a damaged iTunes library: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2009146?threadID=2009146&stqc=true
As a result of this (and I'm not sure how), all music I have added since I got it working again has been stored in a folder called "iTunes Music" (Macintosh HD:Users:Username:Desktop:iTunes Music) which appeared on the Desktop. I also have various iTunes Library files (plus .itdb and .xml files) on the Desktop (I didn't put them there, that's just what appeared).
All music added priror to this is in Macintosh HD:Users:Username:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music.
Everything works in iTunes (as you would expect - it just points to the relevant folder).
I would like to amalgamate the two iTuens Music folders and file all the music in the correct place (wherever that may be) - is there a simple way of doing this?
Another problem I have is duplicated music - I imported into iTunes lots (probably 20+ Gb) of duplicate albums at a higher bitrate than I previously had and deleted the existing lower-bitrate version from iTunes. Unfortunately, I didn't realise that, because of the two iTunes music folders, the older version is still stored in the older folder, even though iTunes isn't using it.
Is there a simple way to identify and remove the older lower-bitrate music from the machine without searching every single album in Spotlight?
I've spent an awfully long time correcting and completing track names, information and artwork in iTunes so I really don't want to lose any of that in the process.
Thanks in advance ...

I totally feel your pain. I too have a similar setup, a G4 running Tiger wherein I ripped my vinyl to a higher bitrate than my CD copies. I have in one of thses threads a script that was written for me that would rummage across the home network and pull down all the lower bitrate copies and move them, but I had a hard drive snafu, ran out of space and never got around to it..
I DO think however, that you can display the bitrate of the files in the list view options within iTunes and sort the files that way, and move the duplicate files you don't want to the trash. From within iTunes.. Let me go fire up the livingroom frankenbox to check..
Yup.. If you use the View Options you can sort through the master list in iTunes by bitrate..
http://imageupper.com/i/?S0300010100011D1344782818223713
Takes a bit to sort out the tracks but it's workable..
As to joining the libraries that you've gotten them cleaned up, you need to drop all the song files into a single folder and let iTunes sort them into the default location. There is a submenu here:
http://imageupper.com/i/?S0500010010011A1344783379227569
http://imageupper.com/i/?S0500010010021A1344783379227569
Good luck!
Deb.

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