gistfile1.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'sqlite3'
require 'rexml/document'
include REXML

xml =<<XML
<records>
  <entry><name>abc</name><qty>3</qty></entry>
  <entry><name>def</name><qty>5</qty></entry>
  <entry><name>ghi</name><qty>2</qty></entry>
</records>
XML

doc = Document.new(xml)

def doc_to_sqlite(doc, filename, table, inner_node_name)

  db = SQLite3::Database.new(filename + '.db')
  
  fields = XPath.match(doc.root, inner_node_name + '[1]/*').map{|node| node.name}
  field_def = fields.map {|x| "%s TEXT" % x}.join(', ')  
  
  create = "create table %s (uid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, %s)" % [table, field_def]
  db.execute(create)
  
  values = Array.new(fields.length, "'\%s'").join(', ')
  insert = "insert into %s (%s) values (%s)" % [table, fields.join(', '), values]
  
  doc.root.elements.each('entry') do |node|
    sql_insert = insert % XPath.match(node, '*/text()')
    db.execute(sql_insert)
  end

  db
end

doc_to_sqlite(doc, filename='company', 'company', inner_node_name='entry')


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