Re: XML: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Bernard Peek <bap_at_shrdlu.com> wrote:

>In message <cjsldr$vui$1_at_news.netins.net>, Dawn M. Wolthuis
><dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> writes

>>XML isn't brain surgery, but it is likely to make a significant impact that
>>really does advance the state of B2B software
>
>I've used XML in a situation where it did provide real benefits. When
>the received data failed to validate it got bounced by the machine and
>never even reached a human. At a stroke that ended most of the arguments
>about whose job it was to fix malformed data files.

     The same approach can be used with any received data file. If it fails the import validation, bounce it.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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