Variable library xml file size

I'm working with a simple illustrator (CS4) image that has four variables that are being read in from an xml file. Currently I'm pulling in files that are 278kb (~100 data sets), with no issue. But I'm working with a developer to generate larger batch files of these, and I'm curious about size limitations.
Is there a spec somewhere that talks about how large our xml files can be?
Anyone have experience with this sort of functionality?
[I also am aware that this is probably something that I should just script instead of loading it into illustrator, but that's a project for another day. ]
Many thanks,
Katy.

XML size has no limit, i don't think there is a spec for what is a permissible XML size which can be imported. If you talk about a very large xml, a 5-10 MB xml, buddy ur inviting a rattlesnake to bite you on ur forehead, such large xml's i have even seen having problems opening in notepad itself, better be on the safer side 'n' not overloading ur xml.

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Illustrator - Maximum allowed size of variable library xml file loaded from variables palette?

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One question I can’t seem to find the answer to anywhere – any idea on what the maximum size xml file one can use when making data driven graphics in Illustrator?
I can successfully batch when I load a single variable library with about 100 datasets at one time but anything much larger than that in the same xml format gives me a “the incoming variable library is invalid” error. Elsewhere on this discussion forum I have seen answers say there is no limit to the size of the XML file. (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/647934). But my experience with Illustrator CS5 says otherwise.
I have thousands I need to create. Any help would be most appreciated.
1. If there is a maximum size either in file size, number of datasets, or number of variables/values, please share what the limit is.
2. I still need to create thousands of the final document I am creating - if the limit is close to 100 and I need to create many thousands - any suggestions on either scripting or other methods to get this done?
Thanks,
Michael

yey!! now we know 1,000 is not the limit. Tested wiht 2 variables, 1122 data sets.
<v:sampleDataSet dataSetName="1121">
<ZIPPER>
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</ZIPPER>
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Load and Read XML file size more than 4GB

Hi All
My environment is Oracle 10.2.0.4 on Solaris and I have processes to work with XML file as below detail by PL/SQL
1. I read XML file over HTTP port into XMLTYPE column in table.
2. I read value no.1 from table and extract to insert into another table
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1. Read XML by line into variable and insert into table
LOOP
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COLUMNS
cvalue
VARCHAR(50)
PATH '/') y;
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See Mark Drake's (Product Manager Oracle XMLDB, Oracle US) response in this old post: ORA-31167: 64k size limit for XML node
The "in a future release" reference, means that this boundary 64K / node issue, was lifted in 11g and onwards...
So first of all, if not only due to performance improvements, I would strongly suggest to upgrade to a database version which is supported by Oracle, see My Oracle Support... In short Oracle 10.2.x was in extended support up to summer 2013, if I am not mistaken and is currently not supported anymore...
If you are able to able to upgrade, please use the much, much more performing XMLType Securefile Binary XML storage option, instead of the XMLType (Basicfile) CLOB storage option.
HTH

The itunes library.xml file doesn't make sense.

I edited all 2,000+ songs' file path locations in the library.xml file and even after that itunes only saw half of the files, if it saw half of them why didn't it just put all of them???

I would seem that you are.
The XML file is provided for 3rd party support. It allows other applications to interrogate your library. iTunes doesn't normally have any cause to read it back or make use of it.
Create a smart playlist with the rule Checked is True. Drag the contents of this into a new playlist called iPhone Tunes (or similar), Select the Songs list and CMD-click on any empty playlist. Delete the initial playlist. Sync your device with iPhone Tunes. Drag new stuff into it when you want, delete stuff when it gets too big.
That's the simple way of reworking your current selections into a more flexible set up. There are other things you could do like create smaller size-limited playlists along the lines of "Recently Played", "Recently Added", "Not Played In Ages", "Top Rated", along with say a regular list called "Essentials" which, once set up, would allow you to have some rotating content on the device without having to do any extra work.
tt2

Have found multiple iTunes Library.xml files. Moved Library to new Hard Drive and it needs to be completely rebuilt?

Hello. I have a Mac Mini operating Mac OS X 10.7.2. I recently had to move my iTunes Library to a new hard drive. I followed the directions on how to move the library and refind everything yet when I do so what comes up is a mere skeleton of what I had. I have had to hunt down my purchased Apps, Music and Movies and re-add them to the library. I also noticed in doing this I have multiple iTunes Library.xml files ... shouldn't there only be one? If so how do I clean this up without doing any accidental damage (i.e. how do I find the one that is being used and delete the rest?)? If I delete the others is there any risk of losing purchased content? Lastly syncing my iPads has become a nightmare as I get the "This iPad is currently synced to another iTunes library" message. Obviously something

It's hard for me to picture the exact situation. It sounds like you still have your library file on the internal but some files on the external, and maybe some on the internal, some of which are in the library and others not... By re-adding things after consolidating it may have made things into a hodge-podge. Yes, that article you referenced says: "iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder"with Media Folder being the emphasis. You probably should have just moved your whole iTunes folder. Still, moving the media folder as instructed should not have messed up the library. Did you make the mistake of starting up iTunes before the external drive had mounted fully and it then told you it couldn't find many files? How you proceed to sort it out will depend upon how much time you want to spend and how important things such as ratings and playcount are to you. I have not actually used the consolidate feature across different drives myself (and don't feel inclined to do so here to test ).
If you are in the USA you can download some previous purhcases with iCloud, but not all.
Here's a bit on what an iTunes folder should look like:
What are the iTunes library files? - [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660]
More on iTunes library files and what they do - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management]
Library files with graphic and explanation of different iTunes versions - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13169517
Once you get iTunes working off the external drive it should just put new media to the external when you add it.
I have almost no experience with synching (I synched my neice's iPod, once, about 4 years ago).

Why do i have to itunes library xml files?

Along with iTunes Library, there are two xml files i have; itunes music library.xml and itunes library.xml, do i need them both? I only ask as the file path information in itunes music library.xml are not up to data(i moved my library to an external HD) and would like to know if it would be safe to delete it.
The links in itunes library.xml have seem to been updated.
Thanks
"If it's not broken, don't fix it...
........I never learn!"

Google is your friend! (To quote:)
iTunes Music Library.xml
This file contains some (but not all) of the same information stored in the iTunes Library file. The purpose of the iTunes Music Library.xml file is to make your music and playlists available to other applications on your computer. In Mac OS X other iLife applications (like iPhoto, iDVD, and iMovie) use this file to make it easier for you to add music from your iTunes library to your projects.
Actual article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660

Can I manually edit the iTunes Music Library.xml file

Here's why.
Noticed on my Apple TV that there were a number of podcasts that when selected would say "Apple TV cannot play the current song".
Looked in iTunes and these podcasts are no where to be found. Did some searches in Spotlight and also, turned up zeros. Not found.
I then looked directly into my iTunes Music Library.xml file and sure enough there are the records.
What is odd is that the location of all the bad songs have a similar invalid path.
Bad path.
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/iTunes/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Podcasts/KQED/podcast.mp3</string>
Correct Path
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/iTunes/Music/Podcasts/KQED'/podcast.mp3</string>
Now, all of these have dates that lead me to believe this was due to an iTunes upgrade back in September of 2005. It doesn't look like they are causing problems with iTunes itself. However, it is quite annoying for my Apple TV.
Question. Is there a different way to fix this than just manually removing the entries from the xml file?
I haven't tried to edit the iTunes Music Library.xml file just yet as I want to make I don't totally screw things up first.

I did some additional testing here and I deleted the track information from the iTunes Music Library.xml
On start up of iTunes, it does not add the deleted file back in. On the Apple TV, it still shows the bad file.
What I think that means is that even the Apple TV gets its playlist information from another source.
I have also started on another track which is to remove all of my podcasts from iTunes. Which I have now done.
The only ones left are these bad tracks that only show up in the iTunes Music Library.xml file and more importantly on my Apple TV.
I'd put this on the podcast or the Apple TV thread, but still believe this is an iTunes issue.

Is there a way to rebuild the ITunes Library XML file from my IPod?

After several promptings, I finally decided to install ITunes 7.4.3.1. Like a fool, I did not backup my entire library prior to doing this upgrade. Nothing is going to go wrong now mate, is it? Everything seemed to proceed just fine with the upgrade. I noticed that ITunes updated the XML Library in the process. Where the problems occured was after the upgrade, I was in the middle of listening to the latest "NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" Podcast (I have some 3,000 downloaded podcasts in over 85GB worth of space) when ITunes crashed. When I brought ITunes back up, it had seemed to have reverted to an earlier backup ITunes Library XML file that I had made months ago.
I still have all of the .mp3, .m4a, .mp4 and .m4v files stored in my ITunes Music folder. Somehow when I brought ITunes back up, it had lost all of the music I had dowloaded from the ITunes store even though the files were still out on disk. It thought there were only 395 podcasts despite the 3,000 plus files out there.
Clearly, something went horribly wrong and I don't want to spend weeks downloading these files again when the only thing that really needs to be done is the ITunes Library XML data file needs to be rebuilt. It dawns on me that my IPod has an XML data file that save any updates I have not yet synced with it that it is quite current. Is there some way that I can sync my IPod with ITunes and copy the IPod XML data file into ITunes Library XML data file? I know that there must be some way to access the IPod since I can plug it into my Kenwood car stereo and read through the IPod's contents.
Is there anyone out there that has an idea that might be able to help me recover my ITunes library?
Thanks for any assistance,
--randyt00

The XML file is not used by iTunes. It is created for the use of other programs. Your library is in the itl file. SInce you still have the file you could simply add them to your library using the add folder option instead of downloading again.
What are library files
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
Rebuild library.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313

XML File size changed

Hi, All:
I wondering why the XML file size changed after go through DB using CLOB. The original size is 1KB, but after I use the PUT and GET method, the size changed to 8KB. There is a lot of space appened to the content.
Thanks a lot!

Can you provide an example of the code you are using for the put / get method. In SQL*PLUS I do not see what you are talking about
SQL> create or replace directory xmltemp as 'c:\temp'
2 /
SQL> drop table xmltest
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SQL> host dir c:\temp\testcase.xml
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8CC2-E429
Directory of c:\temp
02/01/2006 04:48 AM 1,174 testcase.xml
 1 File(s) 1,174 bytes
 0 Dir(s) 23,780,163,584 bytes free
SQL> --
SQL> host type c:\temp\testcase.xml
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 <name>Ellen S. Abel</name>
 <address>300 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores
CA
94065
USA</address>
 <telephone>650 506 7300</telephone>
 </ShippingInstructions>
 <SpecialInstructions>Counter to Counter</SpecialInstructions>
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 <Description>Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple</Description>
 <Part Id="37429125526" UnitPrice="29.95" Quantity="3"/>
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</PurchaseOrder>
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SQL> create table xmltest of xmltype
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2 /
SQL> commit
2 /
SQL> select dbms_lob.getLength(value(x).getClobVal())
2 from xmltest x
3 /
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SQL> set long 100000
SQL> set echo off
SQL> set pages 0
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SQL> set heading off
SQL> set feedback off
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SQL> --
SQL> select object_value
2 from xmltest
3 /
<PurchaseOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://xfiles:8080/home/SCOTT/poSource/x
sd/purchas
eOrder.xsd">
<Reference>EABEL-20030409123336251PDT</Reference>
<Actions>
 <Action>
 <User>EZLOTKEY</User>
 </Action>
</Actions>
<Reject/>
<Requestor>Ellen S. Abel</Requestor>
<User>EABEL</User>
<CostCenter>R20</CostCenter>
<ShippingInstructions>
 <name>Ellen S. Abel</name>
 <address>300 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores
CA
94065
USA</address>
 <telephone>650 506 7300</telephone>
</ShippingInstructions>
<SpecialInstructions>Counter to Counter</SpecialInstructions>
<LineItems>
 <LineItem ItemNumber="1">
 <Description>Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple</Description>
 <Part Id="37429125526" UnitPrice="29.95" Quantity="3"/>
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SQL> --
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3 /
<PurchaseOrder xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://xfiles:8080/home/SCOTT/poSource/x
sd/purchas
eOrder.xsd">
<Reference>EABEL-20030409123336251PDT</Reference>
<Actions>
 <Action>
 <User>EZLOTKEY</User>
 </Action>
</Actions>
<Reject/>
<Requestor>Ellen S. Abel</Requestor>
<User>EABEL</User>
<CostCenter>R20</CostCenter>
<ShippingInstructions>
 <name>Ellen S. Abel</name>
 <address>300 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores
CA
94065
USA</address>
 <telephone>650 506 7300</telephone>
</ShippingInstructions>
<SpecialInstructions>Counter to Counter</SpecialInstructions>
<LineItems>
 <LineItem ItemNumber="1">
 <Description>Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple</Description>
 <Part Id="37429125526" UnitPrice="29.95" Quantity="3"/>
 </LineItem>
 <LineItem ItemNumber="2">
 <Description>The Red Shoes</Description>
 <Part Id="37429128220" UnitPrice="39.95" Quantity="4"/>
 </LineItem>
 <LineItem ItemNumber="3">
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</LineItems>
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SQL>
SQL>Also, if I do a WebDav or FTP put/get I do not see a problem either.
C:\TEMP>ftp
ftp> open localhost 2100
Connected to mdrake-lap.
220- mdrake-lap
Unauthorised use of this FTP server is prohibited and may be subject to civil and criminal prosecution
220 mdrake-lap FTP Server (Oracle XML DB/Oracle Database) ready.
User (mdrake-lap:(none)): scott
331 pass required for SCOTT
Password:
230 SCOTT logged in
ftp> cd /public/testdir
250 CWD Command successful
ftp> rm testcase.xml
550 /public/testdir/testcase.xml : Not a directory.
ftp> del testcase.xml
250 DELE Command successful
ftp> put testcase.xml
200 PORT Command successful
150 ASCII Data Connection
226 ASCII Transfer Complete
ftp: 1174 bytes sent in 0.02Seconds 73.38Kbytes/sec.
ftp> ls -l
200 PORT Command successful
150 ASCII Data Connection
-rw-r--r-- 1 SCOTT oracle 1174 JUN 11 11:01 testcase.xml
226 ASCII Transfer Complete
ftp: 68 bytes received in 0.01Seconds 4.53Kbytes/sec.
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150 ASCII Data Connection
226 ASCII Transfer Complete
ftp: 1174 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 1174000.00Kbytes/sec.
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Volume Serial Number is 8CC2-E429
Directory of C:\TEMP
02/01/2006 04:48 AM 1,174 testcase.xml
 1 File(s) 1,174 bytes
 0 Dir(s) 23,780,032,512 bytes free
ftp> !dir testcase.xml.out
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8CC2-E429
Directory of C:\TEMP
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 1 File(s) 1,174 bytes
 0 Dir(s) 23,780,032,512 bytes free
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221 QUIT Goodbye.
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HT1451 My playlists are gone on my PC (Windows). No iTunes Library.xml file,

My playlists, and song history are gone. I do not have a Library.xml file. My playlist is still on nother PC via the cloud.
How can i recover my playlists and song history; I have "ranked" over 7,000 songs!

Your Vaio media software is doing it.
See this -> iTunes creates an empty library file in Windows

Itunes deleted my "Itunes Music Library.xml" file?

Here are the facts (and then I'll pose the question):
-Ipod 80gb Classic
-Just upgraded to Itunes v. 7.4.2.4 (after following the pop-up window asking me to upgrade to the latest version)
-Windows XP Pro
-My "Itunes Music Library.xml" file and the "iTunes Library.itl" file are stored in "C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXX\My Documents\My Music\iTunes" but all of my music/tv shows/etc are stored in another location on my HD
Here's the problem:
After I upgraded Itunes, the "Itunes Music Library.xml" file and the "iTunes Library.itl" file were replaced with brand new blank files (10kb and 32kb, respectively). When I open Itunes, the library is blank. All of the music files are still on my hard drive in the other location, but they do not show up in Itunes.
When I plug in my Ipod (which still contains all of the music), Itunes says "The Ipod "my ipod" is synced with another Itunes library...What would you like to do?"
Here's my question:
How do I get Itunes to show the proper content that is already on my ipod and on my HD? I just need my old Itunes music library files back.
Thanks in advance.

One point where this seems to occur consistently is if you reboot or turn off Windows while iTunes is running, and have a largeish music collection.
Explanation: Programmatically, iTunes main window apparently responds OK (=TRUE) to the Windows WM_QUERYENDSESSION message and at the same time starts to write the *.ITL and *.XML files to the hard disk. Meanwhile, Windows continues to end the session because - after all - it was OK'ed by iTunes. Now, if the iTunes music library is "large enough", Windows will finish ending the session before iTunes has finished writing said files, and the next time you run iTunes they'll turn up corrupt. This is a huge caveat during iTunes reinstallation, because most of the time a reboot is needed whilst iTunes will necessarily be running at the same time (consequently, if you have a largeish music library, always back up the *.XML and *.ITL files before reinstalling or updating iTunes!!!!)
This is nearly an elementary bug, and a sad indication of the level of testing done by the Apple to products before they're released.
Workarounds: I myself just frequently backup the *.ITL and *:XML files to a different directory, and restore if file corruption occurs. Another workaround is to have another program (say, Notepad.exe) with an edited but unsaved file currently open. When Windows session ends, you will have one extra chance to delay the session end, so that either you remember to close iTunes first, or if iTunes was closed first, it'll have enough time to complete writing the library metadata back to disk.
Asian and European phone giants have nothing to afraid about iPhone, if iTunes and iPod classic are any indication of its quality.

Vault (external) file size Versus Aperture Library (internal) file size discrepancy?

Using Aperture 3.3.1 (all my images are Referenced). I created my first vault on an external hard drive. The Vault.apvault file size is 32.8 GB. My Aperture Library.aplibrary file size on my iMac hard drive is 81.6 GB. So I am wondering if I have a full back-up in Vault or not. Seems like a large discrepency in file size. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.

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Library .xml File

I'm not sure why, but the library files being created by iTunes are called iTunes Library.itl (database file) and iTunes Library.xml I was just imformed that the default for the .xml file should actually be iTunes Music Library.xml How do I get iTunes to create the iTunes Music Library.xml file instead?
The reason this is an issue is I have a separate media player that streams my iTunes music through my home stereo. This system allows you to use the iTunes playlists with it, but in order to do so it indexes with the iTunes Music Library file. Since mine is not there my playlists show up as empty. If I rename the file correctly then reindex the media player then the playlists show up fine. But of course the next time I open/close iTunes & it saves the library then it creates a new iTunes Library.xml file. For the time being I am simply renaming the file anytime I update my playlists, but this is a work around & I'm trying to figure out how to get iTunes to go back to its default of iTunes Music Library.xml. Perhaps I should do a reinstall of itunes then import the correct file????

Nope, doesn't work. If I delete the .xml file it will simply recreate another one the next time I open/close itunes, but it will still be named iTunes Library.xml
Tonight I even tried to uninstall itunes completely, then reinstall it and start my library from scratch, but once again it created an iTumes Library, not iTunes Music Library .xml
Any other ideas?

Multiple library.xml files normal?

I just made 2 iTunes libraries, both located in the Music folder on my internal HD. One is just called "iTunes" which gets backed up with time machine, and the other is called "iTunes For Backup", which I use for temporary music projects etc that I exclude from backup to save space.
The one called "iTunes For Backup" has an "iTunes Library.xml" file as normal, but the "iTunes" folder has both an "iTunes Library.xml" file AND an "iTunes Music Library.xml" file.
After playing around, I discovered that if I start from scratch and create a new library called "iTunes", initially it will create just the "iTunes Library.xml" file, but as soon as I've added songs and quit, it creates a second file called "iTunes Music Library.xml". If I create a new iTunes library and name it anything other than "iTunes", only an "iTunes Library.xml" is ever created, which I think is normal behaviour.
To be honest I don't even know if this is a problem, but I've never seen multiple Library.xml files inside the same iTunes folder before. And why it would have anything to do with what you name the library seems baffling. It strikes me as very odd behaviour so I thought I would throw it out there out of curiousity to see if this is normal. I'd hate to find out it's a problem after I've built a huge library.

I'm wondering the exact same thing.
I'm able to find a lot of resources on the itunes library.xml file, but hardly anything on the itunes music library.xml file…
I'm also lost as to how I import my playlists back into iTunes. I keep my music on an internal 'Media' partition and am pretty well versed with OSX, but can't seem to figure it out… All the problems relate back to both of these XML files. Importing one will import some of the playlists, but not all… Weird

Oops: trying to create new library, but I tossed the library.xml file

No, it's not in the trash.
I just created my master library on an external HDD. I gutted my laptop iTunes file, wanting to start over. Now I can't create a new library b/c the library.xml file is missing.
I know I can copy the one from my master library, but I don't want that data; I want to start over, otherwise when I add the music files to my new library, I'll have duplicates of everything and will have to spend another several hours cleaning it up, and I'll probably screw that up.
So: I need either a new library.xml file; OR a way to take the other .xml file and tell iTunes not to add or do anything to it even though I'm adding all my content.
easy? maybe. tell me

Ringtones library is now called Tones. If you don't see Tones under the Library, go to iTunes menu EDIT>Preferences>check the Tones box under General tab, sources then click ok.

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