Post: XML Help Required...Please

[digitaljunkie]

Hi Everyone,

Where to start...
Ok so I am starting to get a regular updated external data source supplied to me in the form of an XML file, after hours of head hurting it seems I need an XSLT in order for Filemaker Pro to import/recognise the data.

This is where the plane flies over my head and I'm lost on a lonely deserted island.

Does anyone have XML knowledge that they could lend and hand with?

I have a demo XML file if it helps?

[ealbrecht]

First off, I'm not familiar with Filemaker Pro...

XML is just a database language, or a collection of data records. The reason that Filemaker is fussing is because it cannot interpret the data (xml) that you are trying to import. Your XML must first be structured and meet certain criteria before you can import it into Filemaker. This is all because Filemaker is comparing your XML to its own DTD, basically a set of rules/conditions that the XML data must first meet. So, it's telling you to use a XSL file to transform into XML into new XML data that will meet its criteria (dtd).

I unfortunately am not going to solve this one for you, do a bit of research under this link, it has everything you need:

http://www.filemaker.com/help/12-Import%20export15.html

And if you need more help maybe you can message one of the other guys.