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May 2001

Installing the Xerces parser on the HP e3000

The Xerces parser is an open source project available from the Apache group. First download the code from the Apache Web site at xml.apache.org/dist/xerces-j/. There are multiple versions, so make sure you get the one you want. You can get a Zip version or a compressed tar file.

Extract the xerces.jar file from the distribution. I used Winzip on a PC and then did a binary transfer to the e3000. You can also use GUNZIP and tar directly on the e3000.

To use the parser, just place a reference to it in your CLASSPATH. Alternatively, you can put the jar file in the trusted class directory. For JDK 1.2 and beyond, this directory is found in the jre/lib/ext directory. On MPE/iX, this is usually in /usr/local/java/latest/jre/lib/ext/. The advantage of this method is that the parser is available to all Java programs without changing the CLASSPATH.

For more information on database access through XML you can read the newsgroup at msnews.microsoft.com/ microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml, or browse to the Web sites technet.oracle.com/tech/xml, or www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLDatabaseProds.htm

I also recommend “Building Oracle XML Applications,” by Steve Muench, O’Reilly, 2000; and Kevin Williams’ “XML Databases,” Wrox, 2000.

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