Re: Processing a huge XML document

Thanks Kurt!
	Could you elaborate on a few parts if you have time? I couldnt
understand what you meant by 'synchronous processing'?. Secondly, my XML
is being generated dynamically. So if i spread it out accross multiple
docs, the number of doccs wil be variable. How do i handle that?
Again,
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Mahesh

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Mahesh Kondwilkar (maheshk@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~maheshk)
Kansas State University


On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Kurt Cagle wrote:

> The answer really depends upon how much memory you have. If you can put it
> all into DOM and can minimize any other processes, then the DOM calls will
> be much faster, and the XSLT easier to manage. On the other hand, you need
> some heavy duty memory (figure 256MB system RAM min) without going to cache.
> If the process is forced into cache, then I suspect that SAX calls might be
> faster, because you won't be thrashing your virtual memory.
> 
> Your best solution, however, might be to distribute the XML so that it is
> spread across multiple documents. You could then process it synchronously
> through a series of document() calls within the XSLT itself. This does
> involve making multiple XML file opens and closes, but this will still be
> faster (and easier to code) than trying to replicate XSLT from SAX calls.
> 
> -- Kurt Cagle
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mahesh V Kondwilkar" <maheshk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 4:28 PM
> Subject:  Processing a huge XML document
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > I am quite puzzled as to which method would be faster to transform
> > a 50 MB XML file: an XSLT, or using SAX call-backs.
> > Can someone help me please? Currently the whole process takes me
> > about half an hour.
> > Thanks
> > Regards,
> > Mahesh
> >
> > --
> > Mahesh Kondwilkar (maheshk@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~maheshk)
> > Kansas State University
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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