search large xml file

[lin73]

Hi

I need to search a 500 mb large xml file. What would be the best and fastest way to do this? (I work in .net)

 

[Diancecht]

Use the find command

Cheers,
Dian

 

[lin73]

Forgive me if I dont understand what you mean... could you explain that? I need to perform a search in a 500 Mb large xml file from a asp.net web page.

 

[Diancecht]

With your first question, that was the best anwser for me.

I think you need to provide more details about where do you have the file, what do you need to search ..


Cheers,
Dian

 

[lin73]

I need to search for a certain node inside the xml file

 

[Diancecht]

Where's the xml file?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[lin73]

Its on my local test enviroment... c:\

 

[Diancecht]

Then again, use the find command that comes with MSDOS.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[karephul]

Hello Lin,

I think you need to be more clear about your question.
** What I think is if you use XSLT to search a node in
the XML file, because its linear seach its slow and
with X-Query too the situation is the same. What I read
somewhere was maintain a database instead of XML if the
data is too large, in that case data retreval is fast.

-> USE XSLT if you want to search a node in XML and as
Dian said, Find is also not a bad option to varify your
success.

-> If you are using C# and ASP.NET, then I am not sure but
in Java we use JAXP, and apply the XSLT on XML and same
this should be there in C# I am sure.

:: I think I am right !!