SOAP Response from PL/SQL Web Service

Question

My returned SOAP xml from PL/SQL web service has totally rearranged element order, which defined in WSDL and oracle database. It also changed all element name from mixed upper/lower case to pure lower case and makes them hard to read. Why is that? Is there any way to avoid these to happen?
My PL/SQL web service was generated by Oracle9i JDeveloper 9.0.3.
Thanks for any help.
Yi

Answer 1

Hi,
we need more details
- it seems like you have both Return and OUT arguments; which SOAP stack are you using?
- which tools?
- What is the naming convention of your PL/SQL arguments?
Kuassi
Mike,
1. The SOAP is the result of publishing a stored procedure/function as a Web service.
2. The elements for returned data are re-ordered. The function returns no complex type.
3. The element tags containing returned data are all changed to lower case.
Here are what I expected for returning SOAP:
<return xmlns:ns2="http://oracle817/IDemogprofilews.xsd" xsi:type="ns2:oracle817_ODemog">
<OFipsCode xsi:type="xsd:string">51059</ OFipsCode >
<TotalPopulation xsi:type="xsd:double">818584.0</ TotalPopulation >
<PercentMinority xsi:type="xsd:double">22.5</ PercentMinority >
<PersonsBelowPovertyLevel xsi:type="xsd:double">28210.0</ PersonsBelowPovertyLevel >
<HouseholdsInArea xsi:type="xsd:double">292943.0</ HouseholdsInArea >
<HousingUnitsBuiltBefore1950 xsi:type="xsd:double">5.2</ HousingUnitsBuiltBefore1950 >
<White xsi:type="xsd:double">666349.0</ White >
<HispanicOrigin xsi:type="xsd:double">50526.0</ HispanicOrigin >
<AmericanIndian xsi:type="xsd:double">2318.0</ AmericanIndian >
<HighSchoolDiploma xsi:type="xsd:double">91675.0</ HighSchoolDiploma >
<BachelorAndHigher xsi:type="xsd:double">264673.0</ BachelorAndHigher >
<Adults18yearsAndOlder xsi:type="xsd:double">618989.0</ Adults18yearsAndOlder >
<Seniors65yearsAndOlder xsi:type="xsd:double">52977.0</ Seniors65yearsAndOlder >
Instead I get following back:
<return xmlns:ns2="http://oracle817/IDemogprofilews.xsd" xsi:type="ns2:oracle817_ODemog">
<totalpopulation xsi:type="xsd:double">818584.0</totalpopulation>
<americanindian xsi:type="xsd:double">2318.0</americanindian>
<housingunitsbuiltbefore1950 xsi:type="xsd:double">5.2</housingunitsbuiltbefore1950>
<hispanicorigin xsi:type="xsd:double">50526.0</hispanicorigin>
<highschooldiploma xsi:type="xsd:double">91675.0</highschooldiploma>
<adults18yearsandolder xsi:type="xsd:double">618989.0</adults18yearsandolder>
<seniors65yearsandolder xsi:type="xsd:double">52977.0</seniors65yearsandolder>
<householdsinarea xsi:type="xsd:double">292943.0</householdsinarea>
<personsbelowpovertylevel xsi:type="xsd:double">28210.0</personsbelowpovertylevel>
<ofipscode xsi:type="xsd:string">51059</ofipscode>
<bachelorandhigher xsi:type="xsd:double">264673.0</bachelorandhigher>
<white xsi:type="xsd:double">666349.0</white>
<percentminority xsi:type="xsd:double">22.5</percentminority>
You can see the element tag names are in different order/sequence and cases.
Thanks.
Yi