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Re: xml-sax issue



Alan,
Its coming in as a string, its not stored on the system.

Its coming from a web service, its a return response.



>    Take the document, make sure it has a .xml on the end and double click
>    in Windows and IE will open as a XML document. If there is anything
>    wrong with the document, it will throw an error telling you were the
>    problem is.
>
>    On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:34 PM, RPG List <[1]rpglist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>    wrote:
>
>      Scott,
>      I'm not sure we don't have another problem.  Here's why when I step
>      through the xmlhandler, I get the start_document on the first read,
>      and
>      then I get end_document on the second read.  That's it.  Its
>      almost as
>      though its never seeing the data further.  I ran a test using the
>      following:
>      XML = '<xmlTest>+
>      Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â <name type="author">AS400 Sample Code/name>+
>      Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â </xmlTest>';
>      that worked.
>      Here is what the xml document looks like coming in:
>      '<MMMProcess><Results><Claim>8104550</Claim><Amount>1995.83</'
>      'Amount><Code>7320</Code><Xrg>53</Xrg><MEANLOS2>2</MEAN'
>      'LOS2><Error_Code>0</Error_Code></Results></MMMProcess>Â  Â  Â  '
>      I just can't find what's wrong with the xml..
>      > Dutch,
>      >
>      > The XML processing instructions ("header" as you call it) are
>      optional.
>      > They are not required.
>      >
>      > The problem is what I said in my first reply to you.  Please read
>      the
>      > article I linked to so you can learn how XML-SAX works.
>      >
>      > -SK
>      >
>      >
>      > On 9/4/2015 3:18 PM, RPG List wrote:
>      >> one additional issue I saw this morning Scott and maybe this is
>      the
>      >> problem, the incoming XML does not have what I would call a
>      standard
>      >> header:
>      >>
>      >> IE: it does not have a version or description that I see in most
>      xml
>      >> documents, maybe that's needed or maybe not?
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>> Dutch,
>      >>>
>      >>> This looks an awful lot like a program that I wrote a long time
>      ago to
>      >>> print the XML events.  I would not recommend using this to
>      actually
>      >>> parse a document -- to parse with XML-SAX you're going to need
>      to
>      >>> create
>      >>> a stack of XML elements (implemented in RPG as an array, most
>      likely)
>      >>> and keep track of the current XML element you're working on,
>      etc.
>      >>> There
>      >>> was another program included in that same article called
>      "CustXml" that
>      >>> demonstrates this -- that program would be a better starting
>      point.
>      >>>
>      [2]http://iprodeveloper.com/print/rpg-programming/rpgs-xml-sax-opcod
>      e
>      >>>
>      >>> (use the "print" option to format the code better, Penton media
>      has
>      >>> screwed up the code figures in their article archive)
>      >>>
>      >>> Based on what you've shown us, the only thing you'd get in your
>      string
>      >>> is the name of the XML tag you're parsing.  (Since that's
>      what's
>      >>> pointed
>      >>> to by "string" during the XML_START_ELEMENT event.)
>      >>>
>      >>> You say you're getting nothing at all...?  Since you're getting
>      it from
>      >>> the 'value' field, you'd need to show us the definition and/or
>      code
>      >>> that
>      >>> populates 'value' for us to see how that works.  Funny that you
>      omitted
>      >>> that part of the code considering that your question is about
>      it?
>      >>>
>      >>> Also, is this part of a program that uses HTTPAPI or FTPAPI?Â
>      If so, I
>      >>> guess we can discuss it here...   if not, however, this really
>      doesn't
>      >>> belong on this mailing list.
>      >>>
>      >>> -SK
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>> On 9/3/2015 9:17 PM, RPG List wrote:
>      >>>> I am attempting to parse out the data I'm getting from a web
>      service
>      >>>> and
>      >>>> I'm having a little trouble.
>      >>>>
>      >>>> I'm using the following as my to the handler:
>      >>>>
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  xml = %trim(%subSt(GetResponse:3:5000));
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  xml-sax %handler(xmlHandler: ignoreMe)
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  Â  Â %XML(xml: 'doc=string');
>      >>>>
>      >>>> GetResponse has the full xml string I'm expecting.
>      >>>>
>      >>>> my xmlhandler is defined as follows:
>      >>>>
>      >>>> P xmlHandler      b
>      >>>> D                 pi            10i 0
>      >>>> D ignore                         1a
>      >>>> D event                         10i 0 value
>      >>>> D   string                        *   value
>      >>>> D   stringLen                   20i 0 value
>      >>>> D   exceptionId                 10i 0 value
>      >>>>
>      >>>> I then have the following code in the procedure:
>      >>>>
>      >>>> OutputXML.name = XML_Event_Name(event);
>      >>>> OutputXML.data = *blanks;
>      >>>>
>      >>>> select;
>      >>>> when string=*null or stringlen<1;
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  // no string given...
>      >>>> when stringlen>%size(value);
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  OutputXML.data = '** string length invalid';
>      >>>> other;
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  OutputXML.data = %subst(value:1:stringlen);
>      >>>> endsl;
>      >>>>
>      >>>> // Change Current XML group if applicable
>      >>>> Select;
>      >>>>Â  Â  Â  When OutputXML.name = 'XML_START_ELEMENT';
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>> The problem is outputXML.data never has a value that I can
>      see.  Am I
>      >>>> doing something wrong or am I missing a step?
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >>>>
>      >
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>    2. http://iprodeveloper.com/print/rpg-programming/rpgs-xml-sax-opcode
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