Re: [MSAccessProfessionals] Import XML file

Hi Crystal,

Yes at the end is what I did: procedure that open the excel and import in access in recursive way. Is working and stable.

I'm sure that can be done better learning more,  but at the end as  the poet Bertolt Brecht wrote  it is true that in some cases  "the shortest distance between two points can be a curve."

If one super expert as you is also suggesting this,  mean that is really true …

Valentino

 

 

From: MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io <MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io> On Behalf Of crystal (strive4peace) via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 8:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [MSAccessProfessionals] Import XML file

 

hi Valentino,

Maybe use Excel to get the XML and then refresh and link from Access? One of the powerful things about Access is its ability to leverage other products. Excel may have better XML interpretation capabilities than Access does at the moment ...

kind regards,
crystal

On 1/08/2023 8:11 am, avvisati wrote:

Hello Chrystal,

Yes could be, but I do not have it, what I should do is simply take some data from these XML.

I'm not interested to put this data in different access table, just import in similar way as we get when we open with excel in a  table,  and after work selectively in some of these data.

Honestly I created an application in access that is opening the excel that is connected to the XML, is refreshing the file, and is importing the excel the data from excel.

Not really a linear and elegant way but works…

I would have liked directly import some of the information from XML, avoiding excel in the middle

Whatever suggestion is well accepted

 

Valentino

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io <MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io> On Behalf Of crystal (strive4peace) via groups.io
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 5:45 PM
To: MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io
Subject: Re: [MSAccessProfessionals] Import XML file

 

Valentino, there is probably also an XML header file but you didn't specify that -- do you have one? Excel brings everything in as flat data whereas Access should separate data into different tables. This isn't an easy task!

kind regards,
crystal

On 29/07/2023 4:20 am, avvisati wrote:

 

Yes I understand this, this is why I asked for help since I'm not an expert

I know that there are two ways to go on:

 

1. Transform the XML from attribute centric like this one  to element centric using xls language- file

And transform from an XML as this one  

 

<person sex="female">

  <firstname>Anna</firstname>

  <lastname>Smith</lastname>

</person>

 

Try to get something like this one

<person>

  <sex>female</sex>

  <firstname>Anna</firstname>

  <lastname>Smith</lastname>

</person>

And after import because the Element centric is compatible with Access

 

 

2. The other way is read informatio using VBA, and I wanted to try this

I tried  to google and try to get some example like this one

But I do not succeded  to get the information, or better I can  I can retrive some informaton but but

 

This is why  I ask support of somebody can give some preatical indicatoin where to see

 

 

 

 

From: MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io <MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io> On Behalf Of Arnelito Puzon
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 5:02 AM
To: MSAccessProfessionals@groups.io
Subject: Re: [MSAccessProfessionals] Import XML file

 

it is obvious that the xml file is not a well-formed access xml file so it is

not being imported. you need special VBA to create a structure for those

fields in your xml.

 

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 5:25 PM avvisati <valentino.avvisati@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello All, 

i need to import one XML file to access, I can open it with no problem in excel and after import but I would like to import directly in Access 

The problem is that when I import using the XML importation of Access, are created some table but empty and I understand  probably the problem is that the file I want to open,  is based on attribute but should be based on element 

I also read that I first should transform the file to a Element based file and after i can import. 

I tried  to creatine xsl file but with no success 

somebody can give me some indication and eventually suggest some tool?

I do not know XML 

thank you 

Valentino