Use XML data as variable name

Hi Carl,

Got your point. Still I've a little to clear related to your text file.

Is it like- a single value from database for every matching placeholder in file, or like a single database value for a single placeholder.

I mean do we have only a single line having the placeholder like:

a,b,d,[somefieldname],y,n,1,2, etc...

or it could be multiple, like:

a,b,d,[somefieldname],y,n,1,2, etc...
a,b,d,[somefieldname],y,n,1,2, etc...
a,b,d,[somefieldname],y,n,1,2, etc...
a,b,d,[somefieldname],y,n,1,2, etc...

OR, alternatively, you just show me your current code, and I'll give you the solution.
Thanks.

There is data in a database table that needs to populate specific data in a  comma delimited file.  The data items are identified as placeholders and  are wrapped in [].  The placeholders are currently hard coded into an  application that reads the comma delimited file then replaces the placeholders  with the data from the database table.

My plan is to move the list of  placeholders and the database table fields that replace them into an XML file so  when new placeholders are added/removed the code doesn't have to be opened  again.  We can just modify the XML and go.

9,1,Y,N,[taxrate1],Y,N,  etc...

database table field cTaxRate1 replaces [taxrate1] when program  executes.

XML data would  have

< placeholder>[taxrate1]
< fieldname>cTaxRate1

This  would eliminate future code changes when the comma delimited configuration file  becomes:

[taxflag],1,Y,N,[taxrate1],Y,N, etc...