Does any one here know about "Elink"

Question

Dear all,
We are using WebLogic. We have a requirement to turn SQL based structures
into XML messages.
In essence we have to build up an XML doc representing something like (say)
a PO (Purchase Order) which itself has PO lines etc.etc such that you might
have a doc such as
**PO**
PO_UID
Field
Field
Field
etc.
/ **PO LINE**
POL_UID
Field
Field
Field
etc
This needs to be produced on a given event from some SQL tables (held in
Oracle @ the mo) e.g. the PO table & the PO Lines table.
A bit like an MS Access "query" or ADO much as in:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/dotnet/cpguide/cp
conxmldatadocumentandthedataset.htm
i.e a structured document possibly many levels deep needs to be produced. We
looked @ Oracle AQ'es XML handling & apparantly it will only go 2 levels
deep.
As a result I have been refered to BEA's "Elink" product
http://www.beasys.com/products/elink/index.shtml
Will this do what I want (i.e. allow for the production of "deep" XML
Documents from an exisiting set of SQL table structures).
Has any one here used elink? Has anyone got any views? I am having to find a
solution fairly fast so candour is appreciated.
Adam

Answer 1

I think you were refered to ELink because of its DIO add-on, which is an OEMed version
of Mercator. Mercator is a very powerful data mapping/translation tool, in the same
family as NEON, Sterling Commerce (don't know the actual product names off the top
of my head), among others. If all you need is to map one data structure to another,
I'd skip ELink, which is really an EAI/Middleware architecture built on Tuxedo, and
look into the stand alone data integration products mentioned above.
"Rob Mason" <[email protected]> wrote:
I know that XML is supported as an FML buffer type in V7 of Tuxedo (or
ELink), but you might want to consider WebLogic instead of ELink. WebLogic
gives you the ability to parse the XML with a built-in parser, or you can
use your own. I'm not sure about parsing XML in ELink. Also, to use Java
with ELink, you'll need the Jolt product as well.
Thanks
Rob
"Adam Flinton" <aflinton@_removespam_armature.com> wrote in message
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Dear all,
We are using WebLogic. We have a requirement to turn SQL based structures
into XML messages.
In essence we have to build up an XML doc representing something like(say)
a PO (Purchase Order) which itself has PO lines etc.etc such that youmight
have a doc such as
**PO**
PO_UID
Field
Field
Field
etc.
/ **PO LINE**
POL_UID
Field
Field
Field
etc
This needs to be produced on a given event from some SQL tables (heldin
Oracle @ the mo) e.g. the PO table & the PO Lines table.
A bit like an MS Access "query" or ADO much as in:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/dotnet/cpguide/cp
conxmldatadocumentandthedataset.htm
i.e a structured document possibly many levels deep needs to be produced.We
looked @ Oracle AQ'es XML handling & apparantly it will only go 2 levels
deep.
As a result I have been refered to BEA's "Elink" product
http://www.beasys.com/products/elink/index.shtml
Will this do what I want (i.e. allow for the production of "deep" XML
Documents from an exisiting set of SQL table structures).
Has any one here used elink? Has anyone got any views? I am having tofind
a
solution fairly fast so candour is appreciated.
Adam