XML-Cals table with aid namespaces

hi at all!
i have a xml-cals table which i'd like to import in indesign including the aid-namespaces especially the tablestyle. for me, it never worked out. is it actually possible to include the aid namespaces in a xml-cals table model?!
thanks in advace
juerschen
this is my cals table:
<eigenschaften_tab>
<table typ="eigenschaften" tab_modell="CALS">
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colnum="1" colname="eigenschaft" colwidth="72.87007874021651pt"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="ausprägung" colwidth="93.89370078728348pt"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Standort:</entry>
<entry>hell, halbschattig</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Wuchs:</entry>
<entry>mittel</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Pflanzenschmuck:</entry>
<entry>Blatt</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Farbe:</entry>
<entry>gelb, grün</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</eigenschaften_tab>

Hi,
I think that it is not possible because the CALS and InDesign XML are using different namespaces.
-Nissan

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victor_shostak wrote:
Figured, Virtual Columns work only for Binary XML.They are only supported, currently, for Binary XML.

Importing graphics in CALS Table XML

Does anyone have an example of how to import a graphic within one of the cells of a CALS table (XML)?
thanks

I was able to figure out the problem: the xml has to be declared with http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/, the tablestyle attribute doesnt seem to exist in 4.0.
The export seem to be using 4.0 by default and the pdf sample i was using was refering to "aid5". Nice feature.. but definitively need better documentation and more "realworld" exemples! :)
I will have to play more with this, the import doesnt look good with the 5.0 (there is a bogus row that is added (compared to the same 4.0 declared xml)).

Hello Anybody, I have a question. Can any of you please suggest me how to make an xml file from the database table with all the rows? Note:- I am having the XSD Schema file and the resulted XML file should be in that XSD format only.

Hello Anybody, I have a question. Can any of you please suggest me how to make an xml file from the database table with all the records?
Note:- I am having the XSD Schema file and the resulted XML file should be in that XSD format only.

The Oracle documentation has a good overview of the options available
Generating XML Data from the Database
Without knowing your version, I just picked 11.2, so you made need to look for that chapter in the documentation for your version to find applicable information.
You can also find some information in XML DB FAQ

ORA-19007 when coping a table with an xml type in it to a new schema in the

ORA-19007 when coping a table with an xml type in it to a new schema in the same database.
Hi all,
When I copy a table with an xml type in it to a new schema in the same database I get an ora-19009.
The setup is as follows I have a schema a with table TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE where data is:
CREATE
TABLE TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE
FOLDER_ID NUMBER (10, 0) NOT NULL,
SEARCH_PROPERTIES XMLTYPE ,
CONSTRAINT TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE PK PRIMARY KEY (FOLDERID) USING INDEX
XMLTYPE COLUMN SEARCH_PROPERTIES XMLSCHEMA
"http://xxxxxxx.net/FolderProperties.xsd" element "FolderProperties"
VARRAY SEARCH_PROPERTIES."XMLDATA"."PROPERTIES"."PROPERTY" STORE AS TABLE
PROPERTY_TABLE
(PRIMARY KEY (NESTED_TABLE_ID, ARRAY_INDEX)) ORGANIZATION INDEX OVERFLOW
Both schemas have the following xml schema registered as a local xml schema
BEGIN
DBMS_XMLSCHEMA.registerSchema(
SCHEMAURL => 'http://xxxxxxx.net/FolderProperties.xsd',
SCHEMADOC =>
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xdb="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb"
xdb:storeVarrayAsTable="true">
<xs:element name="FolderProperties"
type="FolderPropertiesType"
xdb:defaultTable="FOLDER_SEARCH_PROPERTIES" />
<xs:complexType name="FolderPropertiesType" xdb:SQLType="FOLDERPROPERTIES_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="FolderID" type="FolderIDType" minOccurs="1" xdb:SQLName="FOLDER_ID"/>
<xs:element name="Properties" type="PropertiesType" xdb:SQLName="PROPERTIES"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PropertiesType" xdb:SQLType="PROPERTIES_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Property" type="PropertyType" maxOccurs="unbounded"
xdb:SQLName="PROPERTY" xdb:SQLCollType="PROPERTY_V"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PropertyType" xdb:SQLType="PROPERTY_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DateValue" type="DateType" xdb:SQLName="DATE_VALUE"/>
<xs:element name="NumValue" type="NumType" xdb:SQLName="NUM_VALUE"/>
<xs:element name="StringValue" type="StringType" xdb:SQLName="STRING_VALUE"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="Name" xdb:SQLName="NAME" xdb:SQLType="VARCHAR2">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:minLength value="1"/>
<xs:maxLength value="255"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleType name="FolderIDType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:integer"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="DateType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:dateTime"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="NumType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:decimal"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="StringType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string" />
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>',
LOCAL => TRUE,
GENTYPES => TRUE,
GENTABLES => FALSE);
END;
when I try to do the following insert:
insert into schemaB.TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE ( FOLDER_ID, SEARCH_PROPERTIES)
select FOLDER_ID, SEARCH_PROPERTIES from schemaB.TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE;
I’ll get an ora-19007.
Can some one point me in the right direction how to solve this error.
Thanks Roelof.

Who did you create the second table, in other words, how did you COPY the table as you said...
If you created the second table via a CTAS (create table as select) then you will have created a table that is not the same as the original one. AFAIK I have once created an enhancement request for this after discovering that JDeveloper, for example, creates a "copy" via a CTAS which creates the wrong structure. Double check via package DBMS_METADATA.
SQL> set long 1000000
SQL> select DBMS_METADATA('TABLE','TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE','SchemaA') from dual;
SQL> select DBMS_METADATA('TABLE','TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE','SchemaB') from dual;If you have got two different tables, than Mark's solution should help.
M.
Edited by: Marco Gralike on Feb 15, 2009 11:16 AM

ORA-00942 error on truncating a table with a XML Index

Oracle Version: 11.2.0.1.0
When truncate command fails with error "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist" when run against a table with an XML Index defined
SQL> CREATE TABLE XML_TEST
2 (
3 ID INTEGER,
4 TESTXML SYS.XMLTYPE
5 );
Table created.
SQL> truncate table XML_TEST;
Table truncated.
SQL> CREATE INDEX xmlindex ON XML_TEST(TESTXML)
2 indextype IS xdb.xmlindex
3 parameters ('PATH TABLE MY_PATH_TABLE');
Index created.
SQL> truncate table XML_TEST;
truncate table XML_TEST
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
SQL> Drop Index xmlindex;
Index dropped.
SQL> truncate table XML_TEST;
Table truncated.

No, I don't think that explanation is correct. I don't think it has to do with user privs. besides, we don't
adjust rowids on an import -- we recreate the index, just like a b-tree index import would.
This should be working. It's most likely a bug in our (i.e. Text) import code -- SYS.XMLTYPE is a little
strange because under the covers it's actually a function-based index.
I will test it out and file a bug if I can reproduce the behavior on solaris.

How to convert internal table with dynamic fields to XML

Dear all,
I met a problem like the following:
The aim is to transform the following parameter to XML
IT_FIELD stores the dynamic filed name of the internal table,with these fields, the dynamic internal can be created by cl_abap_tabledescr=>create(it_field)
IT_VALUE stores the value of the internal table dynamically created with dynamic fields.
For example
IT_FIELD =>
line1: FIELD1
line2: FIELD2
line3: FIELD3,
three lines in this internal table.
dynamically created internal table structure FIELD1 FIELD2 FIELD3
And IT_VALUE=>
1 2 3 (First line)
11 22 33
two lines of data.
Do you have any idea about how to transform the IT_VALUE to XML here? And also the transformed XML to the IT_VALUE.( we may need remember IT_FIELD here for later XML to IT_VALUE.)
Hope I describe the problem clearly.
Any inputs will be appreciated.
Edited by: Max Tang on Jan 12, 2009 3:46 PM
Edited by: Max Tang on Jan 12, 2009 4:14 PM

Hi,
you need to implement a bit of coding for that.
With the 'do varying' statement abap provides a loop over those fields. Within this loop you can build up a new internal table with one entry for each period and amount.
kind regards
Siggi
PS: I am not very familiar with CO, but I guess there will be a standard extractor for that.

XMLGEN: Produce XML dump of a table WITH tags for null column values

I am new to generating XML so bear with me....
We have a customer who needs an XML extract of data, including tags for any column that is null.
I created a simple test case below using DBMS_XMLGEN.getXML. The first row (A1) has no null values and thus tags for columns A, BEE and CEE are produced. The second row (A2) has null in column BEE and thus tags for only columns A and CEE are produced.
Is there a way to force a tag for null column BEE in the second row?
create table foo (A varchar2(10), BEE number, CEE date);
insert into foo values ('A1',1,sysdate);
insert into foo values ('A2',null,sysdate);
SELECT DBMS_XMLGEN.getXML('SELECT * FROM foo') FROM dual;
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<A>A1</A>
<BEE>1</BEE>
<CEE>27-SEP-12</CEE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<A>A2</A>
<CEE>27-SEP-12</CEE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>

What's the database version? (SELECT * FROM v$version)
Could you use this instead :
SQL> select xmlserialize(document
2           xmlelement("ROWSET",
3             xmlagg(
4               xmlelement("ROW",
5                 xmlelement("A", a)
6               , xmlelement("BEE", bee)
7               , xmlelement("CEE", cee)
8               )
9             )
10           )
11         -- for display purpose only :
12         as clob indent
13         )
14 from foo
15 ;
XMLSERIALIZE(DOCUMENTXMLELEMEN
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
    <A>A1</A>
    <BEE>1</BEE>
    <CEE>2012-09-27</CEE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
    <A>A2</A>
    <BEE/>
    <CEE>2012-09-27</CEE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
Or,
SQL> select xmlserialize(document
2           xmlquery(
3             '(#ora:view_on_null empty #)
4             {
5               <ROWSET>{fn:collection("oradb:/DEV/FOO")}</ROWSET>
6             }'
7             returning content
8           )
9           as clob indent
10         )
11 from dual;
XMLSERIALIZE(DOCUMENTXMLQUERY(
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
    <A>A1</A>
    <BEE>1</BEE>
    <CEE>2012-09-27</CEE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
    <A>A2</A>
    <BEE/>
    <CEE>2012-09-27</CEE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
(where "DEV" is my test schema)
If you want to stick with DBMS_XMLGEN, you're gonna have to use PL/SQL and setNullHandling procedure.
Edited by: odie_63 on 27 sept. 2012 17:14

Dynamic Table with XML Schema

Hi, I am new to livecycle and wondering if there is any sample for setting up the dynamic table with XML schema so I can access the data through workbench's xpath. thanks.

Ivor,
Take a look at the samples shipped with Designer. For 8.2.1 release take a look at
C:\Program Files\Adobe\LiveCycle Designer ES\8.2\EN\Samples\Forms\Purchase Order\Schema\Schema\Purchase Order.xsd
and the form samples.
Otherwise, forward a request to [email protected] I would be happy to send you a sample XDP with a dynamic table and a schema.
Steve

Populate table with XML returned by a Web Service

Hi,
I have a web service that executes MulitipleRowQuiery and returns XML
variable.
When I set the data connection (in Designer) to this service in my
PDF form I'm getting "document" and "element" nodes under the
invokeResponce tree (data view palette).
How can I use this parameters in order to traverse the XML that was
returned by the WS?
What I need is to populate a table with this XML data..
Thanks, Rbuz.

You can use the XDP as is ...it is just this forum that will not accept XDP format. I have already made th erequest to get it changed and we are waiting for the next software update.
There are two sets of bindings for every object on a form. DataBindings allow you to import XML and bind the nodes to the fields and Execute bindings which are used with Web Services. I used your sample XML file as an input for data bindings and got it to work the way you want by using [*] in the binding instructions to indicate that more than one node was present there. This is not possible in the Execute bindings. You can only have a one to one relationship. So I do not think you can do it the way you want.
Can you get the WS to return you the entire XML as a single parameter? If so then you could bind that parm to a hidden field, then load all of the XML into the DataDom and use Data Bindings that do support what you are trying to do. I have included a sample that shows the table being filled the way you want using data binding.
You shoudl contact support and get an enhancement logged to get the WS bindings to act the same way.
Hope that helps
Paul

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