Use Nokogiri to import an xml file

nokogiri_xml_import_example.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'open-uri'
	  
Model.delete_all #if refreshing		  
doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("app/assets/files/example.xml"))
@doc = doc.xpath('//node_name').each do |record|
Model.create(
  :column1 => record.at('@element_id').text,
  :column2 => record.at('node_name').text,
  :date => DateTime.strptime(record.at('date_node').text, "%m/%d/%Y"))
end
		
flash[:notice] = "File has been processed successfully"