XMLimport is part of Fredy's SQLAdmin IT has been done, to import a XML-File into a database table. It needs minimally two things to be used correctly: 1. you need to provide a ControlFile so it knows, what to import and how 2. you need a XML-file containing the data you want to import. The DataFile in fact needs to have repeating entries with the same name representing one single database entry. This is called here the 'DataSet' and must have a name. Much more important is the XML-description or controlfile, which leads the whole import-process. With this file you control what is done while the import. You provide these values: - shall the table be created - shall the content of the existing table be cleared before import starts - you can also provide the JDBC-Driver and the connection URL within this file. if these values are given, dont't add them on the commandline - shall the import be aborted on an error - the name of the table to create or use - the name of the dataset within the data XML file - describe every single attribute to be imported out of a dataset this is the part 'field' Tabledescription follows here