The DDR and XSLT

[Nicholas Orr]

G'day all,

if anyone has ever been interested in getting data out of the Database Design Report, or wanting a primer on how to use XSLT in FMP, or even just a how-to about XML, I've written a series of articles on my blog that describe the XML formats used by FileMaker, describe how the DDR works and document the XSLT required to get real data out of the DDR.

It's in 3 parts

Part 1 talks about what XML is and how the DDR uses that to show data about your database.

http://www.goya.com.au/node/105

Part 2 describes the import format that FMP requires and details how FileMaker data of records and fields is generated in XML.

http://www.goya.com.au/node/107

And part 3 documents and describes a real XSLT file that works on the DDR to get data out. It also includes some sample files that you can download and try.

http://www.goya.com.au/node/109

If anyone has any comments or questions about this, feel free to ask either here or on the comments on the web.

Cheers,

Nick

Nicholas Orr

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www.goya.com.au/baseelements - The ultimate FMP developer tool.

[Genx]

Hi Nick,

Your efforts are appreciated, and these look like they might be a good read... but, please don't double post next time - just choose the most appropriate place.

Cheers.