Filemaker database into illustrator via XML possible?

Hi Everyone,
I'm new here and also new to XML, i have been trying to look into ways of getting a filemaker information automatically into illustrator through XML. I've searched all over the net for any information on this, but found nothing. I was wondering if you guys knew anything about it or maybe where to start/look.
The problem is filemaker saves the xml file in way that illustrator doesn't understand and i don't know how to convert the file for illustrator to accept it.
Thanks.

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lh setRepo -tOracle -ujdbc:oracle:thin:@//dbcluster1.domain:1521/service_idm.oradb.domain -Uwaveset -Pwachtwoord
For the 'lh setRepo' command the old database had to be up, and we had to use the old ojdb5.jar. After that we switched to ojdb6.jar.
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JDBC URL Template:      jdbc:oracle:thin:@//%h:%p/%d
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