[Rails] Re: Rails magic for MySQL -> XML file -> MySQL and back again

[Tony Martin]

Steff,  thanks for your suggestion. however, I am wanting to save and reload
xml files directly from the file system, so will be doing fileio not talking
to another app.  My aim is to provide an xml format that can be accessed
directly from PCs on the network and edited without going through the web
server.  

I am however making some progress.    this is my first development in both
rails and Ruby so I am feeling my way here..  I am building a
replacement/conversion of an existing MS Access database, and trying to
emulate fairly closely the original database functionality an view and I am
pleased to say that Rails is generally excelling iteslf.

On the XML side, I notice from Bill's earlier posts that there is an issue
if I use builder to create and render an rxml view  because after the
render, i will not be able to redirect to a new page.  What I am proposing
to do is use Builder to directly create an XML string within the controller,
save it to a file and then redirect to a page that will display the xml from
the file and allow for some editing.  If that sounds bizarre please let me
know.

If anyone has any pointers to xml file i/o and parsing I would be grateful.

Thanks
Tony
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