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RE: xml-sax issue
That's because I copied it from the debug session Mike, I even added a
%trim just to make sure. still only gives me start and end doc nothing in
between
>></MMMProcess> '
>
> At the end of the string - you have 6 extra characters.
>
> Reading about XML-SAX came across this that creates a kind of debug for
> what is happening. Might be helpful.
>
> http://www.mysamplecode.com/2011/06/rpgle-xml-parser-xml-sax-and-xml-into_4197.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RPG List
> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 5:34 PM
> To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
> Subject: RE: xml-sax issue
>
> Extra characters?
>
>
>
>> Not meaning to take this thread off topic but Expat would handle this
>> simple XML very straight forward.
>>
>> If you want to stay with native support, Jon Paris just wrote a nice
>> series of articles on XML-INTO that are pretty good places to
>> understand how XML will map to a data structure. First article was
>> August 4:
>> http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhgindex.html
>>
>> Final thought back on topic, your XML has a few extra characters on
>> the back side. Perhaps they are messing with the parser in some way?
>> Are you using a varchar for the XML?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RPG List
>> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 5:01 PM
>> To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
>> Subject: Re: xml-sax issue
>>
>> It does not show any errors, in the xml. I took the string and stuck
>> in it in a document added the .xml extension and opened it.
>>
>> I have no clue why I can't see each ELEMENT name as it loops through
>> the document. It gives me START_DOCUMENT on the first pass and then
>> END_DOCUMENT on the second pass and that's all.
>>
>>
>>> I understand what your saying, I'll double check it that way... I
>>> misread what you said.
>>>
>>> Dutch
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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.Â
>>>>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>> 1. mailto:rpglist@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> 2.
>>>>> http://iprodeveloper.com/print/rpg-programming/rpgs-xml-sax-opcode
>>>>> 3. http://www.scottklement.com/mailman/listinfo/ftpapi
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