Non-XML Files

Can anyone tell me if it is possible for XI to both send and receive files that are not in an XML format. It seems that in all the documentation everything is expected to be in XML, but most of the applications that we need to integrate with do not communicate via XML.

I think what the poster above is referring to is the Adapter Framework, which allows SAP to communicate via many other protocols and message formats. There are many off-the-shelf adapters available and there is the alternative of building your own adapter. It depends on the specifics of the scenario. Please see the service marketplace for details on the Adapter Framework's capabilities.
Cheers,
Steve
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WebDAV Write Unreliability - Large non-XML Files

I am unable to get Oracle's WebDAV implementation on Windows XP to reliably store large (1 Megabyte +) files that are not XML, without unexplained errors occurring, which result in only part files being transferred.
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I could not find details of the error logged by the Oracle software, using either database version. The only information I have gathered about the failure was provided by adding the following line to sqlnet.ora:
TRACE_LEVEL_SERVER=4
The trace output for a failure is as follows:
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsanswer: deferring connect attempt; at stage 1064
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsc2addr: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(DEV=340)(HOST=132.223.134.163)(PORT=8080))
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttgetport: port resolved to 8080
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttbnd2addr: using host IP address: 132.223.134.163
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcnp: getting sockname
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcnp: getting peername
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:735] nttcon: set TCP_NODELAY on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D6FC4
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nsevdansw: exit
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 232, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:745] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 296, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] ntt2err: Read unexpected EOF ERROR on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] ntt2err: Read unexpected EOF ERROR on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] ntt2err: Read unexpected EOF ERROR on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] ntt2err: Read unexpected EOF ERROR on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] nsdo: transport read error
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] nserror: nsres: id=1, op=68, ns=12537, ns2=12560; nt[0]=507, nt[1]=0, nt[2]=0; ora[0]=0, ora[1]=0, ora[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:755] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsclose: closing transport
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsanswer: deferring connect attempt; at stage 1064
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsc2addr: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(DEV=340)(HOST=132.223.134.163)(PORT=8080))
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttgetport: port resolved to 8080
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttbnd2addr: using host IP address: 132.223.134.163
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcnp: getting sockname
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcnp: getting peername
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nttcon: set TCP_NODELAY on 296
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D6FC4
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nsevdansw: exit
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 302, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:765] ntt2err: soc 296 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:775] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 8192, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:775] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 8192, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:775] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 8192, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:46:59:775] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 8192, err = 0
[19-MAY-2004 13:47:00:246] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:47:00:246] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:47:00:246] nsclose: closing transport
[19-MAY-2004 13:47:00:366] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete
The trace for a successful transfer is as follows:
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsanswer: deferring connect attempt; at stage 1064
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsc2addr: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(DEV=352)(HOST=132.223.134.163)(PORT=8080))
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttgetport: port resolved to 8080
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttbnd2addr: using host IP address: 132.223.134.163
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: opening transport...
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcnp: Validnode Table IN use; err 0x0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcnp: getting sockname
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcnp: getting peername
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nttcon: set TCP_NODELAY on 1420
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: transport is open
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsopen: global context check-in (to slot 1) complete
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D6FC4
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nsevdansw: exit
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:249] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:269] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:269] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=524, ntresnt[1]=997, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:28:369] nstoControlATO: ATO disabled for ctx=0x055D3548
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:374] nstimarmed: no timer allocated
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 995
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=530, ntresnt[1]=995, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 995
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=530, ntresnt[1]=995, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 995
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=530, ntresnt[1]=995, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] snttcallback: op = 5, bytes = 0, err = 995
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] ntt2err: soc 1420 error - operation=5, ntresnt[0]=530, ntresnt[1]=995, ntresnt[2]=0
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:384] nsclose: closing transport
[19-MAY-2004 13:57:31:484] nsclose: global context check-out (from slot 1) complete

Thanks Mark.
Unfortunately I'm not currently in a position to test on Unix, but understand that I need to do so. It may be a couple of weeks before I can test on Linux, as "IT Support" will need to install an OS version officially supported by Oracle. If we win the work we'll have the required hardware, but we have to demonstrate it working first.
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In all the examples on file adapters I read, if files contain multiple messages, it always concerns non-XML files, such as CSV files.
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However, the OC4J log files show the following error:
ORABPEL-12505
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Anyone knows whether it's possible to do this for XML files?
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Regards,
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Ronald van Luttikhuizen

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Try this code below:
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Non-default system-application.xml file?

There's mention in the OC4J documentation regarding specifying a non-default system-application.xml file; however, I cannot find the string defining it in any of the OC4J files, nor in the documentation though I might have missed it in that.
I am attempting to have multiple instances run out of the same ORACLE_HOME, and I'd like to point the logs to separate places per instance. Every other one is pretty clear (defined in the customized server.xml), this one with its logging parameter I cannot find a method for keeping a separate log file per instance other than simply creating multiple oracle or at least j2ee homes. Short cut for keeping things consistent for many settings and deployments, though may not be feasible for a running environment.
Any information or points in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks,
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You can modify the <log> tag in system-application.xml to rotate the system log file.
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There's no reference of system-application.xml in other config files.
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How to write non-XML data to a file using an OSB FTP Routing?

Hi --
Situation ... I need to write non-XML data to a file using FTP. A proxy service retrieves XML and transforms it with XSLT to CSV format, then gives it to a Biz service to file it out, using FTP. Simple.
Problem ... OSB sends the contents of $body to any service it calls. Because $body is a SOAP document, it has to contain XML. So therefore I have to put my CSV data into an XML element, in order to put it into $body; and this inner element then gets written to the file, which I don’t want. But if I don't enclose my CSV content in a tag, I get "Unexpected CDATA encountered" trying to assign it to a variable.
There has to be away around this!
Thanks for your help.
John Taylor

Solved. Steps:
-- Transform the XML to CSV using an XSL transform. Put the CSV data inside enclosing XML elements, and use a Replace action to put the XML element + CSV contents back into *$body*.
-- Define an MFL transform that only knows about the enclosing XML elements. Use a delimiter of "\n" (hard return).
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Edited by: DunedainRanger on Nov 29, 2011 9:03 AM

Javascript request on non well-formed xml file in Safari

Hi,
I make an AJAX request to get a non well-formed xml file. On Internet Explorer (domNode is empty) and Firefox (domNode is not empty but a tag "parsererror" is present), I can know if the document is non well-formed but on Safari the request seems to be ok, I get a part of the non well-formed file (until the error).
I would like to say if I can make the difference between a well-formed xml file and a non well-formed xml file (with an AJAX request) on Safari.
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I have built a desktop application that can use these
calls to check if the xml contained in the document
called "file" is well formed.
Ok. So, the application works fine then?
DocumentBuilderFactory domFactory =
DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder domBuilder =
lder domBuilder = domFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
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alternative suggestion please do tell.
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Hi,
There is a requirement for putting a non database field in an
infobus grid control and populating it with some value at the
runtime. As this is not directly available in gridcontrol, many
have tried using a join query as I could see from the
postings.(Like select deptcode,desc from emp, dept where
emp.deptcode = dept.deptcode). This works well when the data is
queried from the database. But when a new deptcode is entered, it
is not possible to get the corrosponding value from the database
and show it on this field, as u get readonly attribute error.
Even if u explicitly change the attribute to updateable the error
will remain as such.
The cause of this problem, I have tracked down to the xml file.
The entity for the updateable table (in this case EMP) does not
have the attribute for deptdesc. If this is manually added, it is
possible to add values to the deptdesc column. The catch is when
inserting a row to the database. All the attributes in the
entity
will appear in the insert statement and u end up with an invalid
column name error for the deptdesc column.
Seeing this consistant behaviour, I assume that the insert
statement is created by parsing the xml file. Had there been an
attribute value in the xml file for insert into database (just
like IsNotNull etc.. perhaps IsUpdateable which can be set
manually), while parsing this attribute can be removed.
To do this I would like to know where this xml parser is
implemented in jdev. Is it possible for me to change its
behaviour or can I expect to get a patch for this? This
functionaliy is very much essential for me, as I am in the middle
of a very large project using jdev2.0. I don't mind implementing
it, if the source is available.
Any helpful suggestions, comments are welcome. Sorry for the long
post and thanks
--Gopal
null

I don't think it will work with a non-db-item. But you could create a separate block based on your image_tb-table, use read_image_file on the then db-based-column and then simpy issue a commit_form.

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I have been attempting to use SQL*Loader to load an XML file into a "regular" Oracle table. All fields work fine, unless a null is encountered. The way that nulls are represented is shown below:
<PAYLOAD>
<FIELD1>ABCDEF</FIELD1>
<FIELD2/>
<FIELD3>123456</FIELD3>
</PAYLOAD>
In the above example, FIELD2 is a null field and that is the way it is presented. I have searched everywhere and have not found how I could code for this. The issue is that if FIELD2 is present, it is coded like: <FIELD2>SOMEDATA</FIELD2>, but the null is represented as <FIELD2/>. Here is a sample of the control file I am using to attempt the load -- very simplistic, but works fine when fields are present:
load data
infile 'testdata.xml' "str '<PAYLOAD>'"
TRUNCATE
into table DATA_FROM_XML
FIELD1 ENCLOSED BY '<FIELD1>' AND '</FIELD1>',
FIELD2 ENCLOSED BY '<FIELD2>' AND '</FIELD2>',
FIELD3 ENCLOSED BY '<FIELD3>' AND '</FIELD3>')
What do I need to do to account for the way that nulls are presented? I have tried everything I could glean from the web and the documentation and nothing has worked. Any help would be really appreciated.

I hadn't even got that far. can you direct me to where the docs are to import data that is stored within xml but that you don't need any xml functionality, that just happens to be the format the data is stored in? thx

XML Validation: ignore non-XML-Header in XML-file(payload): any solutions?

Dear Experts,
after I finally managed to configure the XML Validation, we're facing the next problem:
The payload of the XML files looks like that:
Abcdef#ABCDEF
AbcDef#123
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Document xmlns.....
as you can see, there's a header which is necessary. The XML Validation works fine if the header is removed manually for testing. If the header is not removed, the validation is not possible ("Content is not allowed in prolog.")
Is it possible to realise the validation WITH that header? Can I tell SAP PI to ignore the header? Or make any changes to the XSD file?
Thanks alot!

Hi Armin,
Armin Kern wrote:
> After leaving SAP PI, those 2 lines have to be in that exact place (before the XML part) for further processing. Just deleting it wouldn't be enought. Does the complex design you mentioned complay with this requirement?
You can put it into the message instead of deleting. And rebuild the "header" in the second step. So you can fullfill the requirement. As mentioned before: The design is complex, this will lead later on to problems. Any change will be difficult, as another developer had to read a long documentation.
An alternative would be to do all with one interface mapping (without validation):
1. ABAP / Java mapping deleting the "header" (put it to memory)
2. Messges Mapping 1:1 each field (will fail in case of wrong format and act as validator)
3. ABAP / Java mapping restoring the header
4. Alert will be raised in case of an error (to get the result of the validation)
Armin Kern wrote:
> I also thought about splitting the message, deleting those 2 rows in one of the messages, sending this one message to PI again, validate it and if it is correct, send the second message (without mapping) to the final destination. No idea if that is possible at all..
As well possible. You would need a virtual receiver for the first message, which is sending back a response. For example a servlett, a proxy or a RFC module. In that design you put some logic to the sender, what is actually not bad. But if you do so, why you dont validate there as well (for example with Java)? It would make your design much easier..
Regards,
Udo

Ignoring non-ASCII characters in XML file.

Hello all who read this,
I got the following problem. Trying to read an XML file which contains UTF-8 characters. My database doesnt support UTF-8 char set .... obviouselly.
Below you will find my procedure for parsing XML file ... now i was wondering if there is a way (and how ) to ignore those "special" characters in my XML file.
Thank you for you help!
PROCEDURE xml_import is
BEGIN
DECLARE
l_bfile   BFILE;
l_clob    CLOB;
l_parser dbms_xmlparser.Parser;
l_doc     dbms_xmldom.DOMDocument;
l_nl      dbms_xmldom.DOMNodeList;
l_n       dbms_xmldom.DOMNode;
l_temp    VARCHAR2(1000);
FILER     VARCHAR2(1000) := 'xml.xml';
TYPE tab_type IS TABLE OF X_XML%ROWTYPE;
t_tab tab_type := tab_type();
BEGIN
l_bfile := BFileName('XML_DIR',FILER);
dbms_lob.createtemporary(l_clob, cache=>FALSE);
dbms_lob.open(l_bfile, dbms_lob.lob_readonly);
dbms_lob.loadFromFile(dest_lob => l_clob,
                        src_lob => l_bfile,
                        amount   => dbms_lob.getLength(l_bfile));
dbms_lob.close(l_bfile);
dbms_session.set_nls('NLS_DATE_FORMAT','''DD-MON-YYYY''');
l_parser := dbms_xmlparser.newParser;
dbms_xmlparser.parseClob(l_parser, l_clob);
l_doc := dbms_xmlparser.getDocument(l_parser);
dbms_lob.freetemporary(l_clob);
dbms_xmlparser.freeParser(l_parser);
l_nl := dbms_xslprocessor.selectNodes(dbms_xmldom.makeNode(l_doc),'/Doc/Upk');
FOR cur_emp IN 0 .. dbms_xmldom.getLength(l_nl) - 1 LOOP
    l_n := dbms_xmldom.item(l_nl,cur_emp);
    t_tab.extend;
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'@id',t_tab(t_tab.last).id);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'line1',t_tab(t_tab.last).vr);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'line2',t_tab(t_tab.last).used);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'line3',t_tab(t_tab.last).got);
END LOOP;
FORALL i IN t_tab.first .. t_tab.last
    INSERT INTO X_XML VALUES t_tab(i);
COMMIT;
dbms_xmldom.freeDocument(l_doc);
--EXCEPTION
-- WHEN OTHERS THEN
--    dbms_lob.freetemporary(l_clob);
--    dbms_xmlparser.freeParser(l_parser);
--    dbms_xmldom.freeDocument(l_doc);
END;
END;
XML file structure:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <AjpesDokument>
- <Ident vrsta="KOMP">
<Datum>2011-06-17</Datum>
<Ura>09:33:10</Ura>
</Ident>
- <Dolznik id="88888888">
<DatumObdelave>2011-06-10</DatumObdelave>
<Trr>56546654545</Trr>
<PopolnoIme>Firm d.o.o.</PopolnoIme>
<Ulica>Kičečeva ul</Ulica>
<HisnaStev>026</HisnaStev>
<PostaId>5421</PostaId>
<Posta>MELJE</Posta>
<IzpSif>00</IzpSif>
<IzpNaziv>MELJE</IzpNaziv>
<IzpNaslov>ČUPAVA</IzpNaslov>
<IzpNaslov2>MELJE</IzpNaslov2>
- <Upnik davcna="10232293">
<Naziv>CMC GALVANIKA d.o.o.</Naziv>
<Kraj>LEŠČE</Kraj>
<VrstaPobota>2</VrstaPobota>
<Prijavljeno>3227.12</Prijavljeno>
<Pobotano>3227.12</Pobotano>
</Upnik>
- <Upnik davcna="11212191">
<Naziv>AŽERO d.o.o.</Naziv>
<Kraj>MELJE</Kraj>
<VrstaPobota>2</VrstaPobota>
<Prijavljeno>219.30</Prijavljeno>
<Pobotano>219.30</Pobotano>
</Upnik>
</Dolznik>
</AjpesDokument>
Edited by: 869620 on 1.7.2011 2:04

869620 wrote:
Hello all who read this,
I got the following problem. Trying to read an XML file which contains UTF-8 characters. My database doesnt support UTF-8 char set .... obviouselly.It's not obvious as Oracle can certainly be configured for UTF-8.
How about giving us some example XML and what you expect as output as there can be easier ways of extracting data from XML than using the dbms_xmldom package.
The dbms_xmldom package is one way, but it's not necessarily the best, as I would tend to use that for processing XML based structure that I don't actually know (I have used it myself, for example, for parsing XML Schemas (XSD) to auto-generate code for producing XML to match that schema), but for extracting date from a known XML structure, I would probably use SQL's XMLTABLE functionality.
And when you post code/data, please use the {noformat}{noformat} tags as detailed in the FAQ: {message:id=9360002}

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All,
I am getting some "XML" feeds from some old lab equipment, however the XML isn't well formed. Really it isn't even XML it is just a formatted text file. So I will get a feed like the following:
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="CQS6" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:20 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="116 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002301 1" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 11:46 AM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="43.5 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002302 2" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 11:53 AM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="44.4 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002303 3" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:00 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="42.6 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002322 1" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:07 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="32.3 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002323 2" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:14 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="35.8 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="2015002324 3" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:27 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="32.4 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="CQS6" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:33 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="123 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
As you can see, this isn't well formed and when I try to process this via XSLT I run into all kinds of problems. So outside of writting a program to watch for files, picking them up with a c# program, wrapping the XML to make it well formed then pass
it to the XSLT file, is there a way that I can wrap the file using XSLT instead of having to create a separate program to make it well formed? Any help is appreciated.

Hello katghoti,
>>however the XML isn't well formed. Really it isn't even XML it is just a formatted text file
Firstly, we should know that a text file actually does not know a XML format, so I suggest that you could save the text file to a XML file. And if you provided XML is the whole content, it is not an invalid XML file because the XML document must have one
and only one root element. You have to add root element, so a valid XML file with these SampleSet elements should be similar with below:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SampleSets>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="CQS6" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:20 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="116 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
<SampleSet Label="Sample Set">
<Name Label="Name" Value="CQS6" />
<AnalysisDate Label="Analysis Date" Value="3/13/2015 12:33 PM" />
<CarbonAvg Label="Carbon Avg." Value="123 ppm" />
</SampleSet>
</SampleSets>
I am not sure how you want the XML be formatted, my usual approach to format a XML file is to open the file in Visual Studio and use ctrl K+D keyboard shortcuts to format the XML file.
>>is there a way that I can wrap the file using XSLT instead of having to create a separate program to make it well formed?
XSLT is used to process XML file, while you provided file is a text file, it does not recognize it.
If I misunderstand, please feel free to let me know.
Regards.
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HI Gentlemen,
I successfully registered my schema and generated an xml-based table and a TYPE. However, I do not have the table that would correspond to this TYPE. How do I get to it? How can I use FTP or HTTP protocol to load actual data from the corresponding .xml file into this table?
Thanks in advance, kind regards from
Miklos HERBOLY

You need to include the XML schema location information in the XML documents to point to the registered XML schema.
For example,
If you register an XML schema to XML DB with "http://www.example.com/po.xsd"
In the XML document, the xml schema location can be:
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.example.com/po.xsd http://www.example.com/po.xsd">
For more information, you can check the example in the following page:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/xml/xmldb/index.html
Best,

Form2xml generate xml files with "??????????" for non-latin characters

i used form2xml in oracle 10 g suit to convert forms 5 .fmb to .xml . using the command:
frmf2xml.bat OVERWRITE=YES myform.fmb
The forms contains arabic character set, but the xml file is generated with character "????????? " , and the xml file is unusable
what can i do to keep arabic characters in the generated xml files.
Edit:
I run form2xml on windows xp SP3 with arabic support (codepage =1256)
The xml file is generated as UTF-8

I resolved the problem.
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