George.

On the other hand, if you don't have possibility for Apache and MySQL tuning (like settings of max number of httpd childs or max number of persitent connections to the MySQL server), then mysql_connect will be just fine.

My only goal was to make sql2xml function more efficient.

Is there a particular reason you use mysql_pconnect() instead of mysql_connect() in your code?

Thanks

1) save "some.sql" to the database
2) create XML with PHP function sql2xml()

I assume that generated XML will not be compatible with PgSQL, but you can apply XSLT on XML to get wanted XML format. Yes, that means to create XSL to transform XML to another XML. Whole procedure seems complicated. I'm just thinking, but did you try to modify "some.sql" like search and replace attribute types for PgSQL syntax - if the goal is to make "some.sql" compatible with PgSQL? Please comment if anything has been left out or is not clear.

I have a "some.sql" file in my hand, just like the one you use for creating your "test" database, it's 2 tables and their record.

So .. How to convert this file to XML format ?
Actualy the final result I need is XML format that compatible with PgSQL

Sincerely
-bino-

I will like to mention that each record (row) fetched from the database will be closed in <ROW></ROW> tags. Fetched records should be somehow grouped and nested if you need.

Anyway, XML should be well formed - properly opened and closed tags, to be parse able with XML processors. Indentation is nice to have but not necessary. You can try to save output from sql2xml to the XML file (don't forget xml suffix) and open with FF or IE. Browser should recognize XML document type and display it indented - no matter if original XML is listed in straight line or not.

Please comment if anything has been left out or is not clear.

<gname>Cars</gname>
  <imgName>Image 1</imgName>
    <caption>Image 1 Caption</caption>
<gname>Jasen and Jenn</gname>

basically..your code works, I mean obviously..
but it does not format the xml into the above format.
it just lists it out in a straight line.

so the code is doing what it needs to do, but its not
structuring it.

am I missing something somewhere?

thanks
Jasen

< ? include('sql2xml.php') ?>
<DOCUMENT>
< ? sql2xml('select gname, image from photogallery order by gname, title', '1') ?>
</DOCUMENT>

Optional parameter '1' means to have first column (gname) in level 1 while other columns from the select will be placed to the lower level. Please download redips1.tar.gz where you can find prepared examples and short readme.txt file. You will have to set MySQL username and password in sql2xml.php file (line 13) and edit test.php file (just replace select statement).

I need to be able to output the xml script in the exact same way as you have yours here.
but when I typed in all your info, and followed all the tutorial on this page, nothing happened.

here is my code that I have now....

<?php
require("config.php");

function parseToXML($htmlStr)
{
$xmlStr=str_replace('','>',$xmlStr);
$xmlStr=str_replace('"','"',$xmlStr);
$xmlStr=str_replace("'",''',$xmlStr);
$xmlStr=str_replace("&",'&',$xmlStr);
return $xmlStr;
}

// Opens a connection to a MySQL server
$connection=mysql_connect ('localhost', $username, $password);
if (!$connection) {
die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());
}

// Set the active MySQL database
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($database, $connection);
if (!$db_selected) {
die ('Can\'t use db : ' . mysql_error());
}

// Select all the rows in the markers table
$query = "SELECT image FROM photogallery WHERE image ORDER BY title DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (!$result) {
die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());
}

header("Content-type: text/xml");

// Start XML file, echo parent node
echo '';
echo '';
// Iterate through the rows, printing XML nodes for each
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
// ADD TO XML DOCUMENT NODE
echo '';
echo '' . parseToXML($row['title']) . '';
echo 'http://www.cbchangar.com/uploads/images/' . $row['image'] . '';
echo '' . $row['description'] . '';
echo '';
}
echo '';
// End XML file
?>

how would I get it to output the xml like this

1
Gallery 1

2
Gallery 2

basically I need to have the php script output the mysql data, but it needs to list all images associated with the gallery name. so when the client updates the photo gallery, when they create a new gallery they give it a name... that name is stored into the database by gname. so the xml file would list say gallery 1 then list all the images that are tagged or associated with gallery 1, then it would close that gname tag and then go to gname again which would say gallery 2, and so forth.

any help would be greatly appreciated