DB Agnostic Dates

I'm trying to create a Universe that can use connections to (just about) any database. Specifically DB2, SQL Server and Oracle for the time being.
Everything works fine with the exception of dates to be used in report prompts. DB2 dates used in prompts fail for lack of the time elements in the calendar widget.
To get them all to midnight (or non-timestamped) date:
A DB2 timestamp field has to be defined as Date([field])
An Oracle datetime needs to be trunc([field])
SQL Server need to be DateAdd(dd,DateDiff(dd,0,[field]),0)
But, of course, I can't have all 3 of those definitions in a single object, I don't think...
Do I just have to reference the field and format it in the Universe to the longest format? Or do I need to hack some config file? Can I add functions to the .prm files for each database flavor with the same names so that applying a function is applying the logic I need for each?
Searches don't turn up this specific issue.

Jody,
The only thing that I can think of is to define database functions in each database that are called the same so that you actually call the function instead.
Not sure on DB2, but calling a function in Oracle and SQL Server is the same - you'll have different syntax at the database level but the same function name at the universe layer.
A bit long-winded but database agnostic nonetheless.
Regards,
Mark

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Say I am in ECC. I go to SE11, give table name MARA and then doubleclick on the dataelement 'MATNR'. Then I click on documentation. I get a popup with Short text " Material Number" and Definition "Alphanumeric key uniquely identifying the material'.
I am interested in the latter information that is 'Definition' - & in general whatever documentation comes up for data element in ECC/CRM/SCM/SRM.
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hi
I am getting the following exception while accessing a webservice which uses non-built-in
data types as parameter to the service method
Its called ProcessingOrderTO.
The ProcessingOrderTO has three sub-types.. one of which is a Collection
Does anybody encountred this before
I have also attch the WSDL generated .
I am using wls81 SP1
thanks
jas
java.rmi.RemoteException: web service invoke failed: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException:
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mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection class context=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection};
nested exception is:
javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: failed to serialize class mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.to.ProcessingOrderTOweblogic.xml.schema.binding.SerializationException:
mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection class context=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection}
javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: failed to serialize class mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.to.ProcessingOrderTOweblogic.xml.schema.binding.SerializationException:
mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection class context=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection}
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at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultOperation.invoke(DefaultOperation.java:444)
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultOperation.invoke(DefaultOperation.java:430)
at weblogic.webservice.core.rpc.StubImpl._invoke(StubImpl.java:270)
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[OrderProcessingAssemblerXDBean.wsdl]

Hi Mik
Thanks for these suggestions.I have now completely moved to specific types, instead
of the Collections and ArrayList.
Things seem to be working fine ....thanks for all your help
thanks
jas
"Michael Wooten" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Hi Jas,
My mistake. I copied the code from a DII client and you are using a Stub
one :-)
The correct code is:
TypeMappingRegistry registry = service.getTypeMappingRegistry();
Where the service variable is what was returned from your XXX_Impl()
call.
You don't have to cast anything, because the object returned from that
method
already extends javax.xml.rpc.Service.
w.r.t. you "moreover" text:
As long as the definition of the non-built-in types is the same as the
WSDL you
sent earlier, you shouldn't have a problem. The question I have is why
are you
a using java.util.Collection object on a web service operation's method
signature,
in the first place? When you do this, you do to things:
1. Producing WSDL that has xsd:anyType for element types. xsd:anyTypes
are fine
for defining XML grammars (i.e. WSDL, SOAP, etc.), but they add too much
mystery
to a business service. They basically tell the WSDL consumer, "the content
of
this element can be anything, so you'll have to figure out what it is
when you
get it. Hee, hee, hee!"
2. Introducing Java-specific classes into your web service. If the extrasList
element always contains the same type of elements, the type for it should
be an
array of whatever that object is. If you used an ArrayList because you
don't know
how many elements this will be, you can still use it in the implementation,
and
call the toArray() method to return a typed array.
To me, it just seems wrong to use Java container objects (i.e. ArrayList,
Collection,
HashMap, Set, etc.) in a web service operation's method signature, because
it
goes against the "programming language agnostic" idea of web services
:-) Just
my two cents.
Regards,
Mike Wooten
"jas" <[email protected]> wrote:
hi Michael
thanks for the reply ..
I tried using the smippet below .. but instead got a ClassCast Exception
at
TypeMappingRegistry registry = ((Service) port).getTypeMappingRegistry();
Moreover
1. When i generate client-jars using the clientgen task, the definition
of my
non-built-in types is different ...
2.
thanks
jas
"Michael Wooten" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jas,
From the stack trace, it looks like you are using a JAX-RPC stub client.
Our java.util.Collection
serializer/deserializer is assigned to the "java:language_builtins.util"
namespace,
so you'll need to register the ArrayList and Collection in the TypeMappingRegistry.
Here's a code snippet:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConstants;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.rpc.Service;
import javax.xml.rpc.encoding.TypeMapping;
import javax.xml.rpc.encoding.TypeMappingRegistry;
import weblogic.xml.schema.binding.internal.builtin.JavaUtilArrayListCodec;
import weblogic.xml.schema.binding.internal.builtin.JavaUtilCollectionCodec;
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mapping.register(
     ArrayList.class,
     new QName("java:language_builtins.util", "ArrayList"),
     new JavaUtilArrayListCodec(),
     new JavaUtilArrayListCodec()
mapping.register(
     Collection.class,
     new QName("java:language_builtins.util", "Collection"),
     new JavaUtilCollectionCodec(),
     new JavaUtilCollectionCodec()
//invoke the web service operation that uses the ArrayList and Collection
There use to be a problem were the type mapping information in the
MyServiceClient.jar
(the one that the clientgen Ant task produces), was incorrect, butI
think this
was fixed well before WLS 8.1 :-)
I haven't tested the above with WLS 8.1 SP 1, but I think it may fix
the problem
you are having.
BTW:
JavaUtilArrayListCodec and JavaUtilCollectionCodec are in ${WL_HOME}/server/lib/webserviceclient.jar.
Regards,
Mike Wooten
"jas" <[email protected]> wrote:
hi
I am getting the following exception while accessing a webservice
which
uses non-built-in
data types as parameter to the service method
Its called ProcessingOrderTO.
The ProcessingOrderTO has three sub-types.. one of which is a Collection
Does anybody encountred this before
I have also attch the WSDL generated .
I am using wls81 SP1
thanks
jas
java.rmi.RemoteException: web service invoke failed: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException:
failed to serialize class mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.to.ProcessingOrderTOweblogic.xml.schema.binding.SerializationException:
mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection classcontext=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection};
nested exception is:
javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: failed to serialize class mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.to.ProcessingOrderTOweblogic.xml.schema.binding.SerializationException:
mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection classcontext=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection}
javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: failed to serialize class mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.to.ProcessingOrderTOweblogic.xml.schema.binding.SerializationException:
mapping lookup failure. class=interface java.util.Collection classcontext=TypedClassContext{schemaType=['java:language_builtins.util']:Collection}
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultPart.invokeSerializer(DefaultPart.java:328)
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultPart.toXML(DefaultPart.java:297)
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultMessage.toXML(DefaultMessage.java:619)
at weblogic.webservice.core.ClientDispatcher.send(ClientDispatcher.java:206)
at weblogic.webservice.core.ClientDispatcher.dispatch(ClientDispatcher.java:143)
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultOperation.invoke(DefaultOperation.java:444)
at weblogic.webservice.core.DefaultOperation.invoke(DefaultOperation.java:430)
at weblogic.webservice.core.rpc.StubImpl._invoke(StubImpl.java:270)
at mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.client.OrderProcessingAssemblerXDBeanPort_Stub.processOrder(OrderProcessingAssemblerXDBeanPort_Stub.java:45)
at mypackage.orderprocessing.processing.client.Client.main(Client.java:69)

LoadBatchActions XML Date Parasing

We are using LoadBatchActions to populate a matrix with data in a single call by passing an XML document, but we have noticed that in B1 2005, date columns in the matrix seem to parse the date wrong. When you have the date format set to DD/Month/YYYY then it expects a month name in the XML date value instead of the neutral YYYYMMDD format. I thought XML was supposed to be a language-neutral format, and that data passed to B1 was supposed to be in a language-neutral format. Is there an error here?

That's the problem. Local settings should not affect data format at this level. I can work around it by changing the string according to the local settings, but data formats are supposed to be locale-agnostic.
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[code]
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   populate = populate & "</action></rows></Specific></Item></action>" & _
      "</items></form></action></forms></Application>"
   sboApp.LoadBatchActions populate
   MsgBox sboApp.GetLastBatchResults
End Sub
[/code]

Power pivot : Can we include week level data filter in timeline?

Can we include week level data in timeline? the Timeline object takes the date and show always the same 4
levels(Year, Quarter, Month, Date). What if I want to filter on a week
level ?
thanks

If a week selection is an immediate requirement for you, you could introduce a week name column in your calendar table (YYYY WK ww) and create a slicer based on that.
All of the built-in time intelligence in DAX and Tabular is week-agnostic in part due to the myriad rules for handling partial weeks at year-end, and year-beginning and in part due to different week-ending days in use. If this reasoning is followed, then
it may be unlikely that we see a week selection in a timeline.

P2 ingested footage with wrong date created metadata

Hello, we're trying to standarize all of the media for our systems. Part of this includes ingesting P2 footage using Prelude and encoding it as DVCHDPro quicktime files. I know that the recommended method that adobe gives for ingesting P2 footage is to keep the file structure in tact and use the media browser function of Premiere; this, however, doesn't suit our company's needs of maintaining a relativaly NLE-agnostic media library and having quicktime compatiable discrete video clips of all our media. We're using Mac OSX operating systems, by the way.
The problem is that, when using Prelude to ingest, it seems that Prelude obliterates the "date created" metadata and file data (e.g. when selecting the "get info" on the clip itself; that file data). After ingesting a clip, if I open it in Premiere, there is no date-based metadata that matches the original record time on the .mxf file itself. Nor when I view the clip in OSX's "get info" does the "date created" panel reflect the date that the original file was created. It seems that it should be possible to write the original "date created" data to the ingested file (in the ingest panel in Prelude I can see the correct "date created" time); FCPX is able to do this when ingesting P2 media using their systems. Is there an option that I'm missing or is this simply not possible with this version of Prelude?
To illustrate: here's a screencap of the ingest panel in prelude, notice the "date created" column reads 2013-06-28T11:43:05; which is the correct record date of that clip:
However, after I ingest the clip, both within Premiere and the "get info" panel in OSX, the "date created" now refers only to my import time:

Thanks both for your responses. I checked the .mxf file "date created" and it is indeed empty (see picture).
The "date modified time" however, is correct. I do understand that when dragging media directly from the media browser in premiere that the metadata displays correctly; what I think should also happen is that when the footage is ingested and transcoded via Prelude, it should also display correct metadata. As shown in my pictures above, prelude does indeed see the correct "date created" (wherever it gets that information); it just obliterates it after it transcodes the clip; it's not available either in the "get info data" (which, somehow, FCPX does do when importing P2 media through their system) nor (most strangely) in premiere. Any settings or changes that could be made to address this would be appreciated.

How to Use SOAPArray to Exchanged Data with a Web Service

The method of a prototype Web service I created is defined to take many parameters
and return an object of a user defined class. Furthermore, the user defined class
includes data elements of another user defined class and the Java ArrayList class.
This works with a Java client referencing the WebLogic created client.jar file
but I don't know how well it will work with a non-Java client. In particular,
with Perl which is the language that will be used by the developer who first will
test with the prototype.
In posts to this newsgroup use of "language-specific, generic containers" has
been discouraged and the "language-agnostic" SOAPArray recommended. I have searched
this newgsroup and the Web for examples of how to use a SOAPArray in a Web service
EJB to receive parameters and return results but found none.
Will someone refer me to an example or give an overview of how a Java Web service
EJB running in WebLogic 6.1 would use SOAPArray to get parameter values and return
results?
Also, I would like confirmation that it is best to use SOAPArray to exchange data
with a Web service to achieve the goal of a service accessible by any language.
Thank you.

Replies in-line:
How are the structures, e.g. gltrans-workType, defined in the Web service?The structure is made up of nested Java Beans, but this does not mean that the
client for your web service has to be written in Java. The WSDL that I sent contains
everything that a .NET-based (or Perl-based, or Python-based, or VB-based, or
C++ based) Web Service Stack needs to correctly create all the data types in the
web services' signature! That's the beauty of XML Schema! It's programming language
independent :-)
In
other words, what definition in Java resulted in the WSDL statements?The WSDL wasn't produced by WLS 6.1, but it (WLS 6.1) can consume it.
What is the signature of method submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean() in the
Web service?public void submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean(GlTransactionsCpyType glTransactionsCpyType)
GlTransactionsCpyType is the outer-most Java Bean. WLS 6.1 does not generate
Java Beans for you, but it will use ones that you defined. See the Java Bean tutorial
on the Javasoft sitem for details on how to create a Java Bean.
Was the WSDL generated using the WL tools for creating a Web service?No.
Conclusion:
You asked for someone to provide you with an example of how to use SOAP array
in a WSDL, which is what the attached file contained :-) What you want to do now
is find a tool that can generate Java Bean code from this WSDL (Apache Axis has
a wsdl2java tool that should work), or create the Java Beans yourself. Afterwards,
create a WLS 6.1 Web Service a expose it for a Perl or .NET client.
Regards,
Mike Wooten
"Jeff Carey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Please elaborate.
How are the structures, e.g. gltrans-workType, defined in the Web service?
In
other words, what definition in Java resulted in the WSDL statements?
What is the signature of method submitGLTransWorkAsJavaBean() in the
Web service?
Was the WSDL generated using the WL tools for creating a Web service?
Thank you.
"Michael Wooten" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Sounds like a pretty cool prototype :-)
I have attached a WSDL (at the bottom of this post) that contains a<schema>
that
uses a SOAPArray to create an array of a <complexType>.
HTH,
Mike Wooten
"Jeff Carey" <[email protected]> wrote:
The method of a prototype Web service I created is defined to take
many
parameters
and return an object of a user defined class. Furthermore, the user
defined class
includes data elements of another user defined class and the Java ArrayList
class.
This works with a Java client referencing the WebLogic created client.jar
file
but I don't know how well it will work with a non-Java client. Inparticular,
with Perl which is the language that will be used by the developerwho
first will
test with the prototype.
In posts to this newsgroup use of "language-specific, generic containers"
has
been discouraged and the "language-agnostic" SOAPArray recommended.
I have searched
this newgsroup and the Web for examples of how to use a SOAPArray in
a Web service
EJB to receive parameters and return results but found none.
Will someone refer me to an example or give an overview of how a Java
Web service
EJB running in WebLogic 6.1 would use SOAPArray to get parameter values
and return
results?
Also, I would like confirmation that it is best to use SOAPArray toexchange
data
with a Web service to achieve the goal of a service accessible by any
language.
Thank you.

Standard application configuration and data paths on Linux

Hi,
I have some problem with choosing proper place for application global configuration and data paths on Linux.
I saw following paths for application configuration:
/etc/app_name
/etc/xdg/app_name
/usr/share/app_name
/usr/local/share/app_name
/opt/app_name
and following for application data:
/usr/share/app_name
/usr/local/share/app_name
/opt/app_name
Which directories are standard and distribution independent?
best regards,
Lukasz
Last edited by lgro (2012-02-16 20:46:23)

Wouldn't environment variables like XDG_DATA_HOME, XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, XDG_CONFIG_HOME, etc be best?
Many languages' standard libraries have functions for accessing these effeciently in a distro-agnostic manner.

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