This very much depends on the processor and the type of transform you are
doing, but as a general rule yes. The major issue is parsing the XML file. In
this process the text file is converted to a data structure that can be an
order of magnitude larger then the original file, when this structure becomes
to big it is swapped and there is a massive decrease in speed. There are
processors that support streaming but most just create the complete data
structure and then process it.
Edward Middleton
-----Original Message-----
From: Heinz Seldte [mailto:HeinzS(_at_)meb(_dot_)co(_dot_)za]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:12 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Max size?
Hi all,
I have a "hypothetical" question. If I were to generate very large XML
files (upwards of 1 Meg?), would I encounter problems when processing with
XSLT, considering that I would want to sort on various elements.
We are busy doing some tests and I would be interested to compare our
results to existing findings. (We are using xalan/xercses on Linux).
Cheers,
Heinz
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