Multiple records in reader

Hi all,
I have a utility that converts the jetform .dat files to XML, this seems to work fine for individual records. But I have .dat files with ^eject's in them and need to produce an appropriate xml output.
I am looking for a way to add a record in reader, or for that matter to navigate records in reader. Once I have this I will be able to view what my output should look like.
A simple example might be a fax form, where each page is a record.
Does anyone know how to add and navigate records in Reader?
The Adobe documentation lacks specifics on this as far as I can see.
Thanks
PS. We are using Reader extensions

To clarify one point.
There is no database involved. I just want to add a record to the XFA dom, each record represents a completed form instance. This is saved and loaded to an XML file.

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"Now let’s implement the body of our process. We will use the Subprocess object to handle the traversal of the array of tests. Drag a Subprocess from the component palette on the right into the process and drop it on the line between the Start and End nodes."
In the loop characteristics you'd define whether you want to execute serially or in parallel.

Line separator to get multiple records in one variable

Hi Experts,
I have a requirement where i need to get data in the below form , in exactly one variable.
Invoice No.       Inv. Date      Voucher   Gross Amount    TDS Amount     Discount    Paid Amount
986013092,17   04/08/2010    00091217   32415.00            .00                 .00          32415.00
Bharti Infot      27/07/2010     00091230   19600.00            .00                 .00          19600.00
9860442689    04/08/2010       001247     47374.00            .00                  .00         47374.00
2031565000,2031565000Total Amount     99389.00             .00                  .00         99389.00
As of now, I have written the following,
loop at lt_merge into ls_merge.
lv_skfbt = ls_MERGE-SKFBT.
lv_budat = Ls_MERGE-budat.
lv_wskto = Ls_MERGE-wskto.
lv_wrbtr = Ls_MERGE-wrbtr.
lv_WT_QBSHB = ls_merge-WT_QBSHB.
concatenate invoice_id
            ls_merge-BELNR
            lv_BUDAT
            ls_merge-XBLNR
            lv_skfbt
            lv_wt_qbshb
            lv_WSKTO
            lv_wrbtr
into invoice_id separated by space.
endloop.
which gives me one row of the table where, invoice_id stores my entire one record as a string. My question is how do I proceed with separating the lines if I have multiple records?
Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Trishna

HI
choose some character that will be not use in your data for example '|' vertical separator. You will get string:
invoice_id = line1 | line2 | line3 |.....
loop at lt_merge into ls_merge.
lv_skfbt = ls_MERGE-SKFBT.
lv_budat = Ls_MERGE-budat.
lv_wskto = Ls_MERGE-wskto.
lv_wrbtr = Ls_MERGE-wrbtr.
lv_WT_QBSHB = ls_merge-WT_QBSHB.
concatenate invoice_id
ls_merge-BELNR
lv_BUDAT
ls_merge-XBLNR
lv_skfbt
lv_wt_qbshb
lv_WSKTO
lv_wrbtr
into invoice_id separated by space.
new code
concatenate invoice_id '|' into invoice_id
endloop.

Import multiple records into a PDF document?

I'm not sure I'm using the correct terms, but let me spell out my problem.
I have a PDF document with several text forms named with the same names as columns in an Excel spreadsheet saved into txt format.
The forms are duplicated onto several pages so if there are five records in the spreadsheet, there are five pages in the PDF.
I am able to open the PDF and choose Import Form Data and point to the Excel txt file.
But in the Import Data from Delimited Text File dialog box, I am only able to choose one record at a time.
I was hoping to be able to import multiple records onto multiple pages. This way I could do a bulk printing of the spreadsheet data into the PDF. But doing one record at a time is cumbersome and won't work as we expand the project.
Any clues as to how to do this better?

John,
I don't have the actual client's data as that is proprietary.
I do have two silly little test files that I put together, but I think you've answered my question.
I've already told the client to use Word (gasp) and Excel with a mail merge and then export to PDF or print directly.
Ironically this could have also been done with InDesign.
But as much as I had to recommend Word, it was nice that the client started out by wanting PDF.

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I have a dynamic table with rows upto 10. i am trying to insert all the records in these rows into a database ( msaccess)
table name: Table1 ( in my form )
Database table : movies_comments ( as posted in stefan's forums ).
table columns: username, movieid, comments
i am using the following code.
Database.ExecSQL() function is as posted in stefcamerons forums.
var tlength = xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].Table1.Row1[*]").length;
xfa.host.messageBox("tlength is :" +tlength);
for ( var i = 1; i <= tlength; i++)
var username = xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].Table1.Row1["+i+"].user_name").rawValue;
var movieID = xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].Table1.Row1["+i+"].movie_id").rawValue;
var commentS = xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].Table1.Row1["+i+"].comment_").rawValue;
Database.ExecSQL("INSERT INTO movie_comments (username, movieId, comment) VALUES ('username','movieID', 'commentS');");
i am trying to insert multiple records using the code above. But i am getting error
GeneralError: Operation failed.
XFAObject.resolveNode:1:XFA:form1[0]:#subform[0]:Button1[0]:click
SOM expression returned list when single result was expected
suggest me an alternate way to insert multiple records from a table into a database.
thank Q

figured it out. I changed the ...OR (alternative names = colname) in the recordset to ...OR (alternative names LIKE %colname%). Works like a charm now- the result of a good night's sleep.

Insert multiple records into a table(Oracle 9i) from a single PHP statement

How can I insert multiple records into a table(Oracle 9i) from a single PHP statement?
From what all I've found, the statement below would work if I were using MySQL:
     insert into scen
     (indx,share,expire,pitch,curve,surface,call)
     values
     (81202, 28, 171, .27, 0, 0, 'C' ),
     (81204, 28, 501, .25, 0, 0, 'C' ),
     (81203, 17, 35, .222, 0, 0, 'C' ),
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The amount of records varies into the multiple-dozens. My aim is to utilize the power of Oracle while avoiding the i/o of dozens of single-record inserts.
Thank you,
Will

You could look at the INSERT ALL statement found in the documentation here:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/statements_913a.htm#2133161
My personal opinion is that you probably won't see any benefit because under the hood I think Oracle will still be doing single row inserts. I could be wrong though.
The only way to confirm was if you did a test of multiple inserts vs an INSERT ALL, that is if the INSERT ALL met your requirements.
HTH.

Concatenate multiple records into one single record

Hello everyone,
Can anyone guide me how to merge multiple records into one single record
like......... I am getting the data in the file like
aaaaa/bbbbbbb/ccccccccccc/dddddddddddd/eee
ffffff/gggg/hhhhhhhhhhhhhh
/123/4567/55555/99999999/kaoabfa/eee
fffff/kkkkkkkk/llllllllllllllllllllllll
when i use gui_upload I am getting the data into the internal table in the above format.
My main intension is to split the record at / to multiple lines and dowload it into another file.
What i am planning to do is... if the line does not start with / then i want to concatenate the multiple lines into single line and then split it into multiple records. Can anyone guide me how to achieve this.

Yes, it should work.
In my example
Loop at itab.
concatenate i_text itab into i_text.
endloop.
You change that loop for the loop of your internal table with the file records
So if you have this three records
'aaaa/bbb/ccc'
'/dddd/efg'
'hijk/lmn'
i_text will look like this at the end
'aaaa/bbb/ccc/dddd/efghijk/lmn'
then in this part of the code
split i_text at '/' into table itab2.
itab2 will have the records looking like this
aaaa
bbb
ccc
dddd
efghijk
lmn'

MessageTransformBean - SimplePlain2XML - Multiple records on a single line

Hi,
I am trying to convert multiple record from a single line to multipe rows in an XML message with the MessageTransformBean.
If the record look like this it's working:
RECORD1textETC
RECORD2textETC
But the incoming message are all on a single line:
RECORD1textETCRECORD2textETC
Is there a way to add a linefeed to my incoming message after X characters, or to tell the adapter to split by length instead of spliting on the end of line?
Thanks,
Martin

I had to code a custom Module Adapter to do it.
Here's the main part of the module adapter EOLConvertBean...
Message msg = (Message) inputModuleData.getPrincipalData();
XMLPayload xmlpayload = msg.getDocument();
byte[] content = xmlpayload.getContent();
byte crlf = 0x0A; // end of line char
int current = 0; // current bytes read
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int lines = content.length / recordLen; // record len = insert EOL after X recordLen
// TODO change for do while for 1x line record
for (int i = 0; i <= lines; i++) {
     baos.write(content, current, recordLen);
     baos.write(crlf);
     current += recordLen;
xmlpayload.setContent(baos.toByteArray());
inputModuleData.setPrincipalData(msg);
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