<oXygen/> XML Editor User Guide |
To import from a database, select
-> -> Next, in the “Select database table” choose the driver and the URL for the database. You can edit, delete or add a new JDBC driver: click on the “Configure JDBC Driver” button (next to the Driver combo box) and the “Preferences” dialog will open at Database/JDBC Drivers. You’ll also have to provide a username and a password. Click Connect.Choose a driver from the list.
Specify the URL of the database table.
Provide a user for the database
Provide a password
If checked, it saves the last username and password.
From the catalogs list click on a schema and choose the required table. Click Ok.
The “Import criteria” Dialog will open next, showing a default Query string like ”select * from table“ in SQL Query. You can click the “SQL Preview” button to see the input data displayed in a tabular form and the XML Import Preview containing an example of what the generated XML will look like. The SQL Query message is editable: “*” selects all the fields from the chosen table. You can specify what fields should be taken into consideration: just replace “*” with the required fields, separated by comma.
Displays the labels that will be used in the XML document and its preview. Import setting: If the “SQL Preview” button is pressed, it shows the labels that will be used in the XML document and the first 5 lines from the database. All data items in the input will be converted by default to element content, but this can be over-ridden by clicking on the individual column headers. Clicking once on a column header (ex Heading0) will cause the data from this column to be used as attribute values on the row elements. Clicking a second time - the column's data will be ignored when generating the XML file. You can cycle through these three options by continuing to click on the column header. If the data column will be converted to element content, the header will contain the "<>" symbol. If the data column will be converted to attribute content, the header will contain the "=" symbol, and if it will be skipped, the header will contain "x".
This button opens a new dialog, allowing you to edit the names of the root and row elements, change the XML name and the conversion criterion.
The XML names can be edited by double-clicking on the desired item and entering the required label. The conversion criterion can also be modified by selecting from the drop-down list ELEMENT, ATTRIBUTE or SKIPPED.
If checked, the new XML document created from the imported text file will be opened in the editor.
If checked, the new XML document will be saved at the specified path.
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If only Open in editor is checked, the newly created document will be opened in the editor, but as an unsaved file. |