# Parsing big XML file (~5 MB). Very slow

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-big-xml-file-5-mb-very-slow/273165
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**Created:** [October 12, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-big-xml-file-5-mb-very-slow/273165 "2008-10-12T13:57:53Z")
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### Author: ![Zazza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@Zazza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zazza)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsing-big-xml-file-5-mb-very-slow/273165/1 "2008-10-12T13:57:53Z")

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Greetings,  
this request could apply to AS3 and Flash CS3 but I’ll post here since I really have no guess if this problem has been already solved with these new Adobe versions.

However:  
I need to parse a big XML file (actually it’s a EPG guide) and extract data from it.  
With AS2 this process is ■■■■ slow and lasts minutes.  
I wonder if there’s a way to make Flash extract only the needed data without loading the XML interely beforce processing?  
I heard something about _XML packetizing_ but I don’t know if it’s applicable here.

Really thanks for your help.