FileMaker XML result to PostgreSQL COPY including current selection of records.
This is a PoC( Proof of Concept )
Works fine with all field types but content may or may not be a bit tricky for multi line content( may or may not be fixed if I need this feature eventually ) and repeating fields( This is just a stupid concept( back in the day it might have had been an approach to achieve array, but this is 2016 for crying out loud ) in the first place I CCL( Couldn't Care Less. ) )
Note that adding a layout name in the FMPXMLRESULT export; before translating using this XSLT, will make the output more complete.
![[x] Format Using Layout will provoke the export to populate the LAYOUT-attribute](/TyrfingMjolnir/FMPXMLRESULT2psqlCOPY/blob/master/FormatUsingLayout.png)
xsltproc FMPXMLRESULT2psqlCOPY.xslt YourTable.fmpxmlresult.xml > YourTable.sql
tidy -i -xml -wrap 0 -utf8 YourTable.fmpxmlresult.xml > YourTable.tidy.fmpxmlresult.xml
- How much control structures did they manage fill into your fields.
xsltproc FMPXMLRESULT2psqlCOPY.xslt YourTable.tidy.fmpxmlresult.xml > YourTable.sql
To minimize editing in the .sql file you would really like to edit your fmpxmlresult.xml file to match the following criteria <DATABASE LAYOUT="tablename" NAME="schemaname" /> as pr example: <DATABASE LAYOUT="contact" NAME="public" />
FYI: schema in pg is like a folder for tables, can be nifty sometimes, if you do not need this feature, just use the default one, named: public
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