SAX parser for MS platform *other* than MSXML?

[chiph]

We've run into a problem with the Microsoft XML parser (MSXML 4.0) which requires us to look for a replacement (it has problems with some character set encodings). I've done a Google search, and found all sorts of half-done Java parsers, but not really any for the Microsoft COM environment.

Does anyone know of any? Doesn't necessarily have to be free - the company is willing to buy if it has to.

Chip H.

 

[palbano]

Chip,

I am not aware of any COM control parsers other than MSXML. Of course you could take something like Apache's Xerces and wrap it in your own COM control maybe.

-pete

 

[chiph]

Yeah, I'd looked at Xerces. Was kind of hoping to pay someone else to support such a beast, though.

What we've found out thus far is that Oracle's interpretation of what is valid UTF8 Unicode is fairly loose. XMLSpy is somewhat tighter, and MSXML is very tight. Since this involves a customer sending us (bad) data, everything looks good from their side:
"I don't understand what your problem is: it loads in XMLSpy with only a few bad records!"

<sigh>

Chip H.

 

[palbano]

&quot;I don't understand what your problem is: it loads in XMLSpy with only a few bad records!&quot;

LOL LOL LOL i can't stop laughing LOL

 

[chiph]

Yeah, yuk it up. You're not the one on the phone with them.
;-) ;-)

Could be worse... they could be sending us XML files with the little plus-marks (you know -- like Internet-Explorer shows).


Chip H.