Preserving whitespace in XML fields?

I have a requirement to preserve the character positioning within an XML field. I am using the standard XML/HTTP port for output from the ALE interface. One of the fields contains multiple spaces within the data. It appears the default setting of the XML processor is to condense these spaces into a single space. The xsl:preserve-space pre-processor command should preserve the whitespace, Does anyone know how to configure the SAP XML processor to do this? Thanks!
We are using basis 6.20

There's a setting in Flash's XML object called ignoreWhitespace that you need to set to false (by default its true).
Something like this should work:
function convertStringToXML(source:String):XML
     var originalSettings:Object = XML.settings();
     try
          XML.ignoreWhitespace = false;
          var xmlTree:XML = new XML(source);
     finally
          XML.setSettings(originalSettings);
     return xmlTree;
- robin

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Preserve whitespace in xml parsing

Hi,
I am using PL.SQL to parse XML documents using DBMS_XMLDOM..
and using XMLTYPE...
Below is the code...
set serveroutput on
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     doc          dbms_xmldom.DOMDocument;
     ndoc          dbms_xmldom.DOMNode;
     docelem          dbms_xmldom.DOMElement;
     node          dbms_xmldom.DOMNode;
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The code works fine.. except for the fact that when in the input XML message i get one element as
<Element-3042> </Element-3042>
it converts it to
<Element-3042/>
The whitespace is removed...
I tried using the xml parser method...and whitespacepreserver optioin...but it creates some extra lines...
Which i dont want.
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Rosh

Difficult to read non-formatted code, so pardon not looking at it and trying to spot the problem/error. However, whitespaces seem to work fine for me (tested on 10.2.0.4). Note the resulting XML for a string value, a whitespace value and a null.
SQL> create table foo_tab( attr1 number, attr2 varchar2(10) );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into foo_tab values( 1, 'test 123' );
1 row created.
SQL> insert into foo_tab values( 2, ' ' );
1 row created.
SQL> insert into foo_tab values( 3, null );
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL>
SQL> col XML format a50
SQL> select
2          XmlElement( "Row",
3                  XmlForest(
4                          attr1 as "Name",
5                          attr2 as "Value"
6                  )
7          )               as XML
8 from       foo_tab
9 /
XML
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Preserve whitespace in XML element value

I am trying to add XML element with value prefix with white space:
ex_doc->create_simple_element(
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      value = '          BQ/XWKB-99-5-9999-2'
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But when the XML is create, the white space is removed! How can I preserve the white space???
<VALUEPART1>BQ/XWKB-99-5-9999-2</VALUEPART1>
What i want is:
<VALUEPART1>          BQ/XWKB-99-5-9999-2</VALUEPART1>
Appreciate for any help

Hi,
if you had been using XSLT instead, I would have said 'remove the strip-space element or alter it according to your needs'...
Please provide what class you are using, else it's too generic..
regards, Lukas

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I am trying to load data into a CLOB from a XML field using XMLTABLE.
I have a SUMMARY xml field with over 100 K of data (potentialy)
and I can load all the other datatype fields to columns but can not load the xml fields over 4000 characters.
example
First I create a table of XMLTYPE. I need to sqlload new files in at regular intervals.
Create table WEB_XML of XMLTYPE;
Then I create my relational table....
create table WEB_WORKING
request_id varchar(10),
ref_number varchar(20),
summary clob
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LOAD DATA
INFILE *
INTO TABLE WEB_XML
append
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BEGINDATA
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After loading the WEB_XML table using sqlldr, I try to load my relational table using XMLTable
INSERT into WEBBAR_WORKING
request_id ,
ref_number ,
summary
SELECT X.* FROM WEB_XML P2,
XMLTable ( '//Request//REQUESTVIEW'
PASSING P2.object_value
COLUMNS
"request_id" VARCHAR(10) PATH 'REQUEST_ID',
"ref_number" VARchar(20) PATH 'REF_NUMBER',
"SUMMARY" clob PATH 'SUMMARY'
) AS X;
This gives an error saying its not expecting clob
My XML looks somthing like
-<Request>
-<REQUESTVIEW>
<REQUEST_ID>3140</REQUEST_ID>
<ref_number>2003-04-02</RECEIVED_DATE>
<SUMMARY>
OVER 100 K of data
</SUMMARY>
</REQUESTVIEW>
</Request>

ok
that helped lot, im getting there however some more help please
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FROM WEB_XML P2,
XMLTable
'//Request//REQUESTVIEW'
PASSING P2.object_value
COLUMNS
"request_id" VARCHAR(10) PATH 'REQUEST_ID',
"received_by" VARCHAR(10) PATH 'RECEIVED_BY',
"SUMMARY" xmltype PATH 'SUMMARY'
) AS X;
SELECT request_id, recieved_by, X.SUMMARY.getClobVal()
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "RECIEVED_BY": invalid identifier
If I use the X.request_id, X.received_by ......
i get the error message
Package or function is in aan invalid state.
But this SQL was successful in getting the clob by itself but with the XML tgs around it still, how do I strip the XML tags from around this result ?
SELECT X.SUMMARY.getClobVal()
FROM WEBBAR_XML P2,
XMLTable
'//Request//REQUESTVIEW'
PASSING P2.object_value
COLUMNS
"SUMMARY" XMLTYPE PATH 'SUMMARY'
) AS X;
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Unable to modify a XML node which is a SimpleType using a Typed XML field.

Hello,
I have an XSD schema that uses SimpleTypes. When I attempt to modify a node in an Schema typed XML field, which has a schema using simpletypes, I receive the error: XQuery [modify()]: The value is of type "xs:string", which is not a
subtype of the expected type "<anonymous>"
To reproduce the problem use the following information:
SCHEMA:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:ns1="http://testschema" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" targetNamespace="http://testschema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" vc:minVersion="1.1">
<xs:element name="Test">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="SAPCode">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Customer Number for Delivery Organization</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="10"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="OrganizationName">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Name of Organization</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AttentionTo" minOccurs="0">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Attention to Recepient for the delivery</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150" fixed="false"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address2" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address3" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="City">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StateProvince">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PostalCode">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="20"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Country">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="2"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Phone" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="50"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="EmailAddress" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="200"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
The T-SQL That produces the error:
DECLARE
@vx_Test xml (CONTENT [dbo].[Test]),
@vs_ShipToAttentionTo NVARCHAR(50)
SET
@vx_Test = N'<ns0:Test xmlns:ns0="http://testschema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ns0:SAPCode>1234567890</ns0:SAPCode>
<ns0:OrganizationName>Test Org</ns0:OrganizationName>
<ns0:AttentionTo>Test Person</ns0:AttentionTo>
<ns0:Address1>123 Main Street</ns0:Address1>
<ns0:City>Test City</ns0:City>
<ns0:StateProvince>IL</ns0:StateProvince>
<ns0:PostalCode>12345</ns0:PostalCode>
<ns0:Country>US</ns0:Country>
</ns0:Test>'
SET
@vs_ShipToAttentionTo = 'New Attention To'
SET @vx_Test.modify('declare namespace ns0="http://testschema";
replace value of (/ns0:Test[1]/ns0:AttentionTo) with sql:variable("@vs_ShipToAttentionTo")');
-- This would be how I would reference it if I was modifiying the XML in a typed XML column in a table.
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://testschema' AS ns0)
UPDATE TestItems
SET TestXML.modify('replace value of (/ns0:Test[1]/ns0:AttentionTo) with sql:variable("@vs_ShipToAttentionTo")')
SELECT @vx_Test
How can I make this work. In this example I am using a typed XML variable, but I really want to do this in a table update.
Thanks,
Kent

Try the change below. What I did was to create a named simple type for the AttentionTo node. Here is my understanding (based on this working). Because you have a simpleType the node cannot accept just any string, it has to be a string of
the type in the simpleType. That simpleType has no name (thus anonymous).
What I did was to create a named simpleType and used that simpleType as the type for the AttentionTo element. Then in my XQuery, I cast the value to the name of that type (AttentionToType in my example).
CREATE xml schema collection Test as '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:ns1="http://testschema" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vc="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-versioning" targetNamespace="http://testschema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" vc:minVersion="1.1">
<xs:element name="Test">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Comment describing your root element</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="SAPCode">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Customer Number for Delivery Organization</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="10"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="OrganizationName">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Name of Organization</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="AttentionTo" minOccurs="0" type="ns1:AttentionToType">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Attention to Recepient for the delivery</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address2" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Address3" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="City">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="StateProvince">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="100"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PostalCode">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="20"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Country">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="2"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Phone" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="50"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="EmailAddress" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="200"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:simpleType name="AttentionToType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="150" fixed="false"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>';
go
DECLARE
@vx_Test xml (CONTENT dbo.Test),
@vs_ShipToAttentionTo nvarchar(50)
SET
@vx_Test = N'<ns0:Test xmlns:ns0="http://testschema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ns0:SAPCode>1234567890</ns0:SAPCode>
<ns0:OrganizationName>Test Org</ns0:OrganizationName>
<ns0:AttentionTo>Test Person</ns0:AttentionTo>
<ns0:Address1>123 Main Street</ns0:Address1>
<ns0:City>Test City</ns0:City>
<ns0:StateProvince>IL</ns0:StateProvince>
<ns0:PostalCode>12345</ns0:PostalCode>
<ns0:Country>US</ns0:Country>
</ns0:Test>'
SET
@vs_ShipToAttentionTo = 'New Attention To'
SET @vx_Test.modify('declare namespace ns0="http://testschema";
replace value of (/ns0:Test[1]/ns0:AttentionTo) with sql:variable("@vs_ShipToAttentionTo") cast as ns0:AttentionToType?');
-- This would be how I would reference it if I was modifiying the XML in a typed XML column in a table.
WITH XMLNAMESPACES('http://testschema' AS ns0)
UPDATE TestItems
SET TestXML.modify('replace value of (/ns0:Test[1]/ns0:AttentionTo)
with sql:variable("@vs_ShipToAttentionTo")')
SELECT @vx_Test
Russel Loski, MCT, MCSE Data Platform/Business Intelligence. Twitter: @sqlmovers; blog: www.sqlmovers.com

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==============================================
Oracle9i introduced the XMLType for use with storing and querying XML-based database content. You can exploit database XML features to produce XML for inclusion in your XSQL pages using one of two techniques:
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==============================================
Which is a nice thing to say, except that I get the results described above, not what the documentation says I should get.
Perhaps it is the servlet engine I am using (OC4J), but since it is an oracle engine, it ought to work.
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Check boxes, Radio Buttons, and XML Field Order

I am working with Adobe Designer Version 7.0. Hopefully this forum can still address my issues.
I am creating a registration form that will often be submitted via email to us for processing. To help make the data both easy to transfer for us into our excel file and to minimize the errors made by the people using the form, I need the form to be able to do a couple of things that I am having a hard time figuring out. My questions are the following:
I have a list of 7 check boxes that each insert a dollar value into a seperate numeric field on the form. Each check box has a unique dollar value associated with it. Is there any way to design the form so the user can only choose one of the check boxes? I tried using radio buttons in a group, but if a user mistakenly chose the wrong radio button and then selected another button from that group, it would add to the total in the Application Fee field and not subtract out the previous amount. Below is the code i used for one of the check boxes.
I have two numeric fields that the user must choose one or the other. Can I design those two fields (numHomes and numBuildings) so that if the you enter a value for one field, you cannot enter a value for the other field? Both fields are then calcuated in a seperate numeric field. Below is the code i used for the numeric field.
I want to be able to take the data emailed to us as an XML file when a user submits the results via email and directly paste it into our Excel file. To keep the cut and paste process simple, I want to make sure the order of the XML fields matches the order of the database fields so it can be done in one shot. Do you know how to organize the XML fields? They do not seem to correspond to the ordering found under the Hierarchy tab. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
if (this.rawValue == 1) then
numAppFee.rawValue = numAppFee.rawValue + 350;
else
numAppFee.rawValue = numAppFee.rawValue - 350;
endif
numHomes * 50 + numBuildings * 100 + numDups * 10

Create an XML Schema (XSD) and define that as the default form schema. The form data will conforms to the order of fields defined in the XML schema.
Hope that helps.
Nith

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It should work for Oracle 9.2 and 10.2
Thank you Dany.
Regards.
Paola
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Hi Everybody,
I am facing a typical problem. I am storing xml in an xml datatype field in a table. But when I am generating physical file from the xml field, '&' in the xml field is getting converted into '&' in the physical file. But I want '&' to
be intact.
Can anyone faced the issue or have any idea of solving this?
Thanks & Regards,
Anujit Karmakar
Anujit Karmakar Sr. Software Engineer

Hi Anujit,
How do you generate physical file from the xml field?
I make a test on my computer using your XML data with the following scripts, '&' exists in my exported file.
DECLARE @testXML XML
SELECT @TestXML='<ENVELOPE>
<HEADER>
<TALLYREQUEST>Import Data</TALLYREQUEST>
</HEADER>
<BODY>
<IMPORTDATA>
<LEDGER NAME="Prafulla Ghosh">
<ADDRESS.LIST TYPE="String">
<ADDRESS>BEHIND DILIP MATH & DISARI CLUB</ADDRESS>
</ADDRESS.LIST>
<MAILINGNAME.LIST TYPE="String">
<MAILINGNAME>Prafulla Ghosh</MAILINGNAME>
</MAILINGNAME.LIST>
<STATENAME>West Bengal</STATENAME>
</LEDGER>
</IMPORTDATA>
</BODY>
</ENVELOPE>'
-- We Store the contents of an XML variable to a table
CREATE TABLE MyXMLTable
xCol XML
INSERT INTO MyXMLTable ( xCol )
SELECT @testXML
We Save an XML value to a file.
DECLARE @Command VARCHAR(255)
DECLARE @Filename VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @Filename = 'C:\Files\TestXMLRoutine'
/* we then insert a row into the table from the XML variable */
/* so we can then write it out via BCP! */
SELECT @Command = 'bcp "select xCol from ' + DB_NAME()
+ '..MyXMLTable" queryout '
+ @Filename + ' -w -T -S' + @@servername
EXECUTE master..xp_cmdshell @command
--so now the xml is written out to a file
SELECT CONVERT(nVARCHAR(max),BulkColumn)
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:\Files\TestXMLRoutine', SINGLE_BLOB) AS x
go
Thanks,
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