Problem consuming XML data from .Net 2.0 Web Service
I've tried a ton of variations, I must be missing something
simple
Hope a guru out there can help...
Apologies on the size and formatting - I couldn't find the
"Attach Code" button or link on the Post editing form. This is my
first post here.
I've a SQL Server 2005 stored procedure that returns the data
I need using "For XML Explicit". I can copy that result (example at
bottom), stick it into a file "numErrors.xml", access it from FLEX
as:
<mx:HTTPService id="srv" url="numErrors.xml"
useProxy="false"
result="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event)"/>
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
private function
Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_clickHandler():void
{
srv.send();
}
private function
Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
periodData = event.result.list.Period.source as Array;
}
]]></mx:Script>
The debugger shows the event.result in the ResultHandler is a
ProxyObject, andI can access all the stuff in my data (parent nodes
and child nodes) by using the element names (like Period in the
example above) and attribute names (like NumOccurs).
I can't hook it up to a live web service though. The web
service is an ASP 2.0 .asmx file, implementing SOAP . The service
is defined to return a .Net STRING (later chaged to an .Net
XMLDocument), and it makes the live call to teh stored procedure in
the database, which returns the very same XML data as I have in the
file, and returns it.
Here's the FLEX web service definition:
<mx:WebService
id="pws"
wsdl="{pwsWSDL}"
showBusyCursor="true">
<mx:operation name="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML"
resultFormat="object"
fault="onServiceFault(event)"
result="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event)"/>
</mx:WebService>
If I invoke this web service, then the event.result in my
_ResultHandler is a String (according to the debugger), and I can't
get at the elements like Period or attributes like
TotalNumErrosInPeriod within that string.
I've tried a couple of approaches, none have been successful:
1) tried to convert the String to a XML type using the
various methods I found in the mx:XML class - couldn't get to the
Period element, it's attributes, or it's children. tried setting
(and removing) namespace. tried variations of XML and XMLList casts
and conversion. Maybe I just didn't have the right incantation.
2) Tried to return the result of the wsService as a "e4c"
instead of a "object" - this was closer, the event.result was now a
ProxyObject, and the number of elements and number of child
elements were present - I could see the parent array Period and
each Period's array of child elements named EE - but no luck
getting the attribute names or values, in spite of various
incantations in the mx:XML library dialect
2) tried to modify the .Net Web Service layer to return a
System.XML.XmlDocument - which got me closer; the event.result now
had ProxyObjects, and i could see the presence of each element and
their children, by their name. But I still can't see any attributes
of the parent or the children. The following is the .NET C# Web
Service code at the heart of this conversion (and I like wordy
Method names
)
str = ServiceUtilities.ExecCmdThroughDataReaderForXML(cmd,
CommandBehavior.SingleResult | CommandBehavior.SingleRow);
XmlDocument x = new XmlDocument();
x.LoadXml(str);
return x;
If anybody has experiance with consuming XML from ASP Web
Services I'd sure like to know how to get my structured data
(example below) across the wire so I can access it like I can the
HTTPService data from a local file.
Here's a snippet of the string the SQL Server Stored
Procedure Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML produces. The SP uses "FOR
XML EXPLICIT" and returns
<list><Period EarlierDTS="2008-07-12T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="179096"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="18090"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="41110"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="20239"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="20241"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="25594"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-13T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="195803"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="19580"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="47873"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="23743"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="23748"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="21973"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-14T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="449624"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="23029"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="253200"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="36219"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="36226"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="30950"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-15T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="530368"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="23680"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="328975"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="35777"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="35783"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="30620"/></Period</list>
simple
Hope a guru out there can help...Apologies on the size and formatting - I couldn't find the
"Attach Code" button or link on the Post editing form. This is my
first post here.
I've a SQL Server 2005 stored procedure that returns the data
I need using "For XML Explicit". I can copy that result (example at
bottom), stick it into a file "numErrors.xml", access it from FLEX
as:
<mx:HTTPService id="srv" url="numErrors.xml"
useProxy="false"
result="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event)"/>
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
private function
Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_clickHandler():void
{
srv.send();
}
private function
Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
periodData = event.result.list.Period.source as Array;
}
]]></mx:Script>
The debugger shows the event.result in the ResultHandler is a
ProxyObject, andI can access all the stuff in my data (parent nodes
and child nodes) by using the element names (like Period in the
example above) and attribute names (like NumOccurs).
I can't hook it up to a live web service though. The web
service is an ASP 2.0 .asmx file, implementing SOAP . The service
is defined to return a .Net STRING (later chaged to an .Net
XMLDocument), and it makes the live call to teh stored procedure in
the database, which returns the very same XML data as I have in the
file, and returns it.
Here's the FLEX web service definition:
<mx:WebService
id="pws"
wsdl="{pwsWSDL}"
showBusyCursor="true">
<mx:operation name="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML"
resultFormat="object"
fault="onServiceFault(event)"
result="Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML_ResultHandler(event)"/>
</mx:WebService>
If I invoke this web service, then the event.result in my
_ResultHandler is a String (according to the debugger), and I can't
get at the elements like Period or attributes like
TotalNumErrosInPeriod within that string.
I've tried a couple of approaches, none have been successful:
1) tried to convert the String to a XML type using the
various methods I found in the mx:XML class - couldn't get to the
Period element, it's attributes, or it's children. tried setting
(and removing) namespace. tried variations of XML and XMLList casts
and conversion. Maybe I just didn't have the right incantation.
2) Tried to return the result of the wsService as a "e4c"
instead of a "object" - this was closer, the event.result was now a
ProxyObject, and the number of elements and number of child
elements were present - I could see the parent array Period and
each Period's array of child elements named EE - but no luck
getting the attribute names or values, in spite of various
incantations in the mx:XML library dialect
2) tried to modify the .Net Web Service layer to return a
System.XML.XmlDocument - which got me closer; the event.result now
had ProxyObjects, and i could see the presence of each element and
their children, by their name. But I still can't see any attributes
of the parent or the children. The following is the .NET C# Web
Service code at the heart of this conversion (and I like wordy
Method names
) str = ServiceUtilities.ExecCmdThroughDataReaderForXML(cmd,
CommandBehavior.SingleResult | CommandBehavior.SingleRow);
XmlDocument x = new XmlDocument();
x.LoadXml(str);
return x;
If anybody has experiance with consuming XML from ASP Web
Services I'd sure like to know how to get my structured data
(example below) across the wire so I can access it like I can the
HTTPService data from a local file.
Here's a snippet of the string the SQL Server Stored
Procedure Usp_NumErrors_ByPeriod_ForXML produces. The SP uses "FOR
XML EXPLICIT" and returns
<list><Period EarlierDTS="2008-07-12T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="179096"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="18090"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="41110"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="20239"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="20241"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="25594"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-13T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="195803"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="19580"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="47873"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="23743"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="23748"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="21973"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-14T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="449624"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="23029"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="253200"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="36219"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="36226"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="30950"/></Period><Period
EarlierDTS="2008-07-15T05:00:00"
TotalNumErrorEvents="530368"><EE EventID="152"
NumOccurs="23680"/><EE EventID="158"
NumOccurs="328975"/><EE EventID="477"
NumOccurs="35777"/><EE EventID="480"
NumOccurs="35783"/><EE EventID="514"
NumOccurs="30620"/></Period</list>
