ABAP Query output to XML file using Business connector

Hi All,
I would request your help on to know, how can I read the output of ABAP query executed in SAP system via Business connector and then generate a XML file.
Also the existing business connector system, generates the XML file in encoding iso-8859-1. Where as customer wants the output XML file in encoding windows-1252.
Please help with your valuable ideas.
Thanks,

Hello,
possible solution:
1. create a remote function module (FM) in SAP which returns your needed data
2. create outbound map in BC for this FM
3. call this FM from BC in a flow
3. extract the result to XML (e.g. with service recordToDocument)
CSY

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I am agreed with you approach, and this is what everyone do. :). So that is not a problem. May be something else will be the cause.
>>>>In the developer we are using the service load document to load the file from the url location
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Hi folks,
please see below sample of XML file, which is stored in "os_import_docs", column "document" as CLOB.
I would like to query this XML file using some SQL select.
How can I query data form below XML?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<etd>
<header>
    <AR>000000000</AR>
    <AW>0</AW>
    <CT>S</CT>
    <CU>H</CU>
    <CZ>SS48</CZ>
    <BU>4</BU>
    <CH>0032</CH>
    <CK>2012-11-01</CK>
    <CL>21:18</CL>
    <CW>225</CW>
    <CX>0</CX>
    <CF>SS-CZL18</CF>
    <DV>2</DV>
</header>
<account_group id="234">
    <account id="234">
      <invoice id="000742024">
        <da>
          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>A</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>88754515</BS>
          <AD>Mike Tyson</AD>
          <AC>Mike Tyson</AC>
          <AZ>CZ6521232465</AZ>
          <AE/>
          <CG>A</CG>
          <AL>A</AL>
          <BZ>.</BZ>
          <AH>Some street</AH>
          <AI/>
          <AF>Some city</AF>
          <AK>Kraj</AK>
          <AG>CZ</AG>
          <AJ>885 21</AJ>
          <CR>21-11-2012</CR>
          <AY>602718709</AY>
          <AV>800184965</AV>
          <AP/>
          <AO/>
          <AQ/>
          <AN/>
        </da>
        <da>
          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>A</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>88754515</BS>
          <AD>Mike Tyson</AD>
          <AC>Mike Tyson</AC>
          <AZ>CZ6521232465</AZ>
          <AE/>
          <CG>A</CG>
          <AL>L</AL>
          <BZ>Mike Tyson</BZ>
          <AH>Some street</AH>
          <AI/>
          <AF>Some city</AF>
          <AK>Kraj</AK>
          <AG>CZ</AG>
          <AJ>885 21</AJ>
          <CR>21-11-2012</CR>
          <AY/>
          <AV>800184965</AV>
          <AP/>
          <AO/>
          <AQ/>
          <AN/>
        </da>
        <detaildc CH="0032" AB="234" BS="11888954" BB="32" BA="CZ" AT="" CI="7077329000002340342" AU="" DU="1Z48395" CB="CZK">
          <dc>
            <AW>0</AW>
            <CT>D</CT>
            <CU>C</CU>
            <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
            <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
            <CV>8151</CV>
            <BT>12111</BT>
            <CJ>1</CJ>
            <AM>0</AM>
            <DR>PC</DR>
            <DS/>
            <DO>25-10-2012</DO>
            <DQ>18:42</DQ>
            <CE>1</CE>
            <BH>8151</BH>
            <CY>8151 SHELL MALKOVICE P</CY>
            <DP>049336</DP>
            <DT/>
            <BQ/>
            <BR>500000</BR>
            <CN>30</CN>
            <CM>030</CM>
            <BO>160,00</BO>
            <BF>38,900</BF>
            <BC>6224,00</BC>
            <BI>32,417</BI>
            <CD>B</CD>
            <BG>0,600</BG>
            <BK>31,817</BK>
            <BJ>0,000</BJ>
            <DI>8</DI>
            <BP>20,00%</BP>
            <CC>CZK</CC>
            <BM>5090,67</BM>
            <BN>1018,13</BN>
            <BL>6108,80</BL>
            <BD>5090,67</BD>
            <BE>1018,13</BE>
            <DW>6108,80</DW>
            <CO>Nafta</CO>
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          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>T</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>11888954</BS>
          <BB/>
          <BA>CZ</BA>
          <DG>1</DG>
          <CN>30</CN>
          <CM>030</CM>
          <DF>160,00</DF>
          <DH>litr</DH>
          <DJ>20,00%</DJ>
          <DD>5090,67</DD>
          <DE>1018,13</DE>
          <DC>6108,80</DC>
          <DB>CZK</DB>
          <DA>P</DA>
          <AX/>
          <CQ/>
          <CP/>
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          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>T</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>11888954</BS>
          <BB/>
          <BA>CZ</BA>
          <DG>2</DG>
          <CN/>
          <CM/>
          <DF>160,00</DF>
          <DH>litr</DH>
          <DJ/>
          <DD>5090,67</DD>
          <DE>1018,13</DE>
          <DC>6108,80</DC>
          <DB>CZK</DB>
          <DA/>
          <AX/>
          <CQ/>
          <CP/>
        </dt>
        <dt>
          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>T</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>11888954</BS>
          <BB/>
          <BA>CZ</BA>
          <DG>19</DG>
          <CN/>
          <CM/>
          <DF/>
          <DH/>
          <DJ/>
          <DD>5090,67</DD>
          <DE>1018,13</DE>
          <DC>6108,80</DC>
          <DB>CZK</DB>
          <DA/>
          <AX/>
          <CQ/>
          <CP/>
        </dt>
        <dt>
          <AR>000742024</AR>
          <AW>0</AW>
          <CT>D</CT>
          <CU>T</CU>
          <CH>0032</CH>
          <BY>31-10-2012</BY>
          <CA>25-10-2012</CA>
          <AB>234</AB>
          <AA>234</AA>
          <BS>11888954</BS>
          <BB/>
          <BA>CZ</BA>
          <DG>8</DG>
          <CN/>
          <CM/>
          <DF/>
          <DH/>
          <DJ/>
          <DD>5090,67</DD>
          <DE>1018,13</DE>
          <DC>6108,80</DC>
          <DB>CZK</DB>
          <DA/>
          <AX/>
          <CQ/>
          <CP/>
        </dt>
      </invoice>
    </account>
</account_group>
<footer>
    <AR>999999999</AR>
    <AW>0</AW>
    <CT>S</CT>
    <CU>T</CU>
    <CZ>SS48</CZ>
    <BU>4</BU>
    <CH>0032</CH>
    <CK>2012-11-01</CK>
    <CL>23:04</CL>
    <CW>225</CW>
    <BX>1</BX>
    <CS>7</CS>
    <BW>0000000000000610880</BW>
</footer>
</etd>sample - not working:
    select x.*
    from os_import_docs d
         ,XMLTABLE('/etd/header'
                    PASSING httpuritype(d.document).getXML()
                    COLUMNS
                       response_status varchar2(50) PATH 'AR'
                    ) x
   where d.object_id = 2587058
     and rownum = 1;
ORA-22835: Buffer too small for CLOB to CHAR or BLOB to RAW conversion (actual: 6196, maximum: 4000)Many thanks,
Tomas

Hello,
many thanks for the reply. Your examples are very usefull for me.
To answer your questions.
An XML structure:
/etd
    /header - repeat in each row in output
    /account_group/account
        /invoice
            /da - repeat for each details under "selected "invoice
            /detaildc/dc - the lowest level
            /detaildn/dn - the lowest level
            /dt - repeat for each details under "selected "invoice
    /footer - repeat in each row in outputI would like to to have a 1 row for each "record" in /detaildc section and include related nodes at higher levels.
Please see below XML file, which is simplified file of example in first post, but includes a complete xml structure which needs to be queried in db.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<etd>
<header>
    <AR>000000000</AR>
    <CK>2012-10-31</CK>
    <CF>SS-CZL19</CF>
</header>
<account_group id="234">
    <account id="234">
      <invoice id="EI08P4000">
        <da>
          <AR>EI08P4000</AR>
          <AD>Mickey Mouse</AD>
        </da>
        <detaildc DU="1Z56655" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>16-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>ASFINAG POST_MAUT</CY>
            <BM>1940,60</BM>
            <CO>Dalnicni znamka</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <detaildc DU="2Z55050" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>17-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>ASFINAG POST_MAUT</CY>
            <BM>1328,10</BM>
            <CO>Dalnicni znamka</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <detaildc DU="2Z90001" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>27-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>ASFINAG POST_MAUT</CY>
            <BM>185,10</BM>
            <CO>Poplatek</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <dt>
          <AR>EI08P4000</AR>
          <DG>8</DG>
        </dt>
      </invoice>
    </account>
    <account id="234">
      <invoice id="EI13T7777">
        <da>
          <AR>EI13T7777</AR>
          <AD>Mickey Mouse</AD>
        </da>
        <detaildc DU="1Z48302" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>26-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>SANEF 07706 A 07704</CY>
            <BM>232,10</BM>
            <CO>Dalnicni poplatek</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <detaildc DU="1Z48302" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>20-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>TEST A 07704</CY>
            <BM>30,10</BM>
            <CO>Poplatek</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <dt>
          <AR>EI13T7777</AR>
          <DG>8</DG>
        </dt>
      </invoice>
    </account>
    <account id="234">
      <invoice id="EI327744">
        <da>
          <AR>EI327744</AR>
          <AD>Mickey Mouse</AD>
        </da>
        <detaildn CI="707732 00000234" >
          <dn>
            <BY>30-10-2012</BY>
            <BM>8,10</BM>
          </dn>
        </detaildn>
        <detaildn CI="707732 00000234" >
          <dn>
            <BY>30-10-2012</BY>
            <BM>399,50</BM>
          </dn>
        </detaildn>
        <dt>
          <AR>EI327744</AR>
        </dt>
      </invoice>
    </account>
    <account id="234">
      <invoice id="EI349515">
        <da>
          <AR>EI349515</AR>
          <AD>Mickey Mouse</AD>
        </da>
        <detaildc DU="1Z56514" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>29-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>ALLAMI AUTOPALYAKEZE</CY>
            <BM>1240,60</BM>
            <CO>Dalnicni znamka</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <detaildc DU="1Z56515" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>19-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>ASFINAG POST_MAUT</CY>
            <BM>7428,10</BM>
            <CO>Dalnicni znamka</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <detaildc DU="1Z56515" CB="EUR">
          <dc>
            <DO>12-10-2012</DO>
            <CY>UK</CY>
            <BM>954,10</BM>
            <CO>Poplatek</CO>
          </dc>
        </detaildc>
        <dt>
          <AR>EI349515</AR>
          <DG>8</DG>
        </dt>
      </invoice>
    </account>
</account_group>
<footer>
    <CZ>SS47</CZ>
    <BU>4</BU>
    <CH>0032</CH>
    <CK>2012-10-31</CK>
    <CL>01:25</CL>
</footer>
</etd>Expected output
AR     CK     CF             AR4             AD             DU     CB     DO             CY                     BM      CO                AR5             DG     CI             BY               BM6     CZ     BU       CH       CK7    CL
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI08P4000     Mickey Mouse     1Z56655     EUR     16-10-2012     ASFINAG POST_MAUT     1940,60     Dalnicni znamka        EI08P4000     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI08P4000     Mickey Mouse     2Z55050     EUR     17-10-2012     ASFINAG POST_MAUT     1328,10     Dalnicni znamka        EI08P4000     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI08P4000     Mickey Mouse     2Z90001     EUR     27-10-2012     ASFINAG POST_MAUT      185,10     Poplatek        EI08P4000     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI13T7777     Mickey Mouse     1Z48302     EUR     26-10-2012     SANEF 07706 A 07704      232,10     Dalnicni poplatek EI13T7777     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI13T7777     Mickey Mouse     1Z48302     EUR     20-10-2012     TEST A 07704               30,10     Poplatek        EI13T7777     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI327744     Mickey Mouse                                                                      EI327744          707732 00000234     30-10-2012     8,10     SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI327744     Mickey Mouse                                                                      EI327744          707732 00000234     30-10-2012     399,50     SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI349515     Mickey Mouse     1Z56514     EUR     29-10-2012     ALLAMI AUTOPALYAKEZE     1240,60     Dalnicni znamka        EI349515     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI349515     Mickey Mouse     1Z56515     EUR     19-10-2012     ASFINAG POST_MAUT     7428,10     Dalnicni znamka        EI349515     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25
0     41213     SS-CZL19     EI349515     Mickey Mouse     1Z56515     EUR     12-10-2012     UK                      954,10     Poplatek        EI349515     8                                    SS47     4     32     41213     01:25

Parsing a XML file using Jdom-Problem.

Hi all,
I am reposting it as I was told to format the code and send it again.
I am trying to parse a xml file using a jdom java code.This code works fine if I remove xmlns attribute in the root element. (I get the expected result) .If the "xmlns" attribute is put in the xml as it should be then the parsing and retrieving returns null. Please tell me how to fix this issue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Xml
<process name="CreateKBEntryService" targetNamespace="http://serena.com/CreateKBEntryService" suppressJoinFailure="yes" xmlns:tns="http://serena.com/CreateKBEntryService" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/" xmlns:bpelx="http://schemas.oracle.com/bpel/extension" xmlns:ora="http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension" xmlns:nsxml0="http://localhost:8080/axis/services/CreateKBEntryService" xmlns:nsxml1="http://DefaultNamespace" xmlns:bpws="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/">
<partnerLinks>
<partnerLink name="client" partnerLinkType="tns:CreateKBEntryService" myRole="CreateKBEntryServiceProvider"/>
<partnerLink name="CreateKBEntryPartnerLink" partnerLinkType="nsxml0:CreateKBEntryLink" partnerRole="CreateKBEntryProvider"/>
</partnerLinks>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Java:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import org.jdom.Document;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder;
public class sample1 {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// create a XML parser and read the XML file
SAXBuilder oBuilder = new SAXBuilder();
Document oDoc = oBuilder.build(new File("**xml file location**"));
Element root = oDoc.getRootElement();
System.out.println(root.getName());
String tgtns= root.getAttributeValue("targetNamespace");
System.out.println("tgt ns "+ tgtns);
List list= root.getChildren("partnerLinks");
Iterator it1= list.iterator();
System.out.println("Iterator 1 - "+list.size());
while(it1.hasNext()){
Element partnerlinks = (Element)it1.next();
List list2= partnerlinks.getChildren("partnerLink");
System.out.println("iterator 2 - "+list2.size());
}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Result:
Without Xmlns in xml file(Expected and correct output)
process
tgt ns http://serena.com/CreateKBEntryService
Iterator 1 - 1//expected and correct result that comes when I remove xmlns attribute from xml
iterator 2 - 2
Result with xmlns:
process
tgt ns http://serena.com/CreateKBEntryService
Iterator 1 - 0 //instead of 0 should return 1

LOL
This is what you get for working 12 hours straight....
I changed:
xmlObject["mydoc"]["modelglue"]["event-handlers"]["event-handler"][i].xmlAttrib utes["name"]<br>
to:
#mydoc["modelglue"]["event-handlers"]["event-handler"][i].xmlAttrib utes["name"]#<br>
xmlObject is the name of my xml object in memory, and then you reference from the root of the xml doc down the chain.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Rich

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OK , Well I am working to a publishing company in Australia and we have Oracle 8i (Release 3 ) database and I have Oracle JDeveloper (9.0.3 -Preview ) version in my personal computer.
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ISBN     Author     Price
2512456321     Peter     14.50
7445854127     Ray      21.75
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<ISBN>7445854127</ISBN>
<ProductInfor>
<Author> Ray </Author>
<Price>21.75</Price>
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<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>

<page xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql" connection="Connection1">
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
- 
- <page>
- <rowset>
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<isbn>2512456321</isbn>
<author>Peter</author>
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- <row num="2">
<isbn>7445854127</isbn>
<author>Ray</author>
<price>21.75</price>
</row>
</rowset>
</page>
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Welcome all comments of donig this ....

To format your XML to the requiered output you'll use a stylesheet and XSLT
As it says in your output:
- 
A nice tutorial on XSLT is available on the XML technology center in OTN:
See Transforming XML with XSLT
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/xml/learner.html

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Dialogue box 2
Microsoft office excel
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Sax.startDocument();
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</code><code>Sax.endElement("", "basic-metadata", "basic-metadata");</code>
<code class="jive-code jive-java">Sax.endElement("", "pdf", "pdf");
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* I HAVE CHANGED MY AS PER YOUR SUGGESTION, NOW SAME RESULT HAS COMING.
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JavaImran{code}

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A two steps process is needed to import data from a non-hierarchical XML file into ABAP, change the data, and then update the XML file with new values. The problem is not trivial, since the format of the XML file is a complex one: there are many interdependent elements on the same level, pointing to each other by using id and ref attributes. Based on these values the data can be read and written into an internal table. I use XSLT and XPath for that. So the inbound process is done and seems to work correctly. I have to mention that the file contains much more data than I need. I am working only with a small part of it.
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http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/06/07/transforming/index.html
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exporting
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i am trying to create an XML file using java 1.5. I took a XML creating java file which was working with java 1.4 and ported same file into java 1.5 with changes according to the SAX and DOM implmentation in java 1.5 and tried to compile. But while writing as a file it throws error "cannot find the symbol."
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import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
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import org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.ParserFactory;
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when I look in the JDK1.4.2 specification I don't see any write method in the Document interface.
However, your solution is the Transformer class. There you transform your DOM tree into any output you need. Your code sould look something like this:     TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
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I have a select statement that generates xml rows, and I need to send the results to a file. I am using TOAD VI. The rows generate ok but when I right click and choose the save as option all I end up with is an empty file.
Is there a way I can just send the results directly to a file instead of to the screen?
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user11293056 wrote:
Would you happen to know of a website that shows how to create an xml file using SQL*Plus?
Thanks.A search of asktom.oracle.com for the following phrase found a couple interesting pages:
table(xmlsequence(cursor
On such page is this one:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:1074646661177911::::P11_QUESTION_ID:4061080732051
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