def xml2db(db, node, commit=False, row_ct_ref=None):

    iter_ = xml_dom.NodeElemIter(node)

    util.skip(iter_, xml_dom.is_text) # skip metadata

    for child in iter_:

        try:

            put(db, child, False, row_ct_ref)

            if commit: db.commit()

        except Exception:

            db.rollback()

            traceback.print_exc()