XML DB Web Services for Microsoft Infopath

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to publish few webservices that will be used to desing forms in Microsoft Infopath.
Unfortunatelly, I get an error in Infopath whenever I try to connect to database.
http://servv407:8000/orawsv/INFOPATH/GET_DESCRIPTION?wsdl
"Infopath cannot find or cannot access the specified Web Service description"
WSDLOperation:The operation GET_DESCRIPTION had an invalid parts attribute HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLOperation:Initializing of the input message failed for operation GET_DESCRIPTION HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLPort:An operation for port GET_DESCRIPTIONPort could not be initialized HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLPort:Analyzing the binding information for port GET_DESCRIPTIONPort failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLService:Initialization of the port for service GET_DESCRIPTIONService failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLReader:Analyzing the WSDL file failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
have anyone succeded to use native XMLDB services for Infopath ? is that possible ?
help will be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

I reproduced the issue on InfoPath 2007, using the WSDL for this little test function :
create or replace function fnc_test(p_str in varchar2) return varchar2
deterministic
is
begin
return p_str || '-OK';
end;Looks like a "dirty" workaround but it works if I save a local copy of the WSDL and remove the "parts" attributes from these elements :
   <operation name="FNC_TEST">
      <soap:operation
soapAction="FNC_TEST"/>
      <input>
        <soap:body parts="parameters" use="literal"/>
      </input>
      <output>
        <soap:body parts="parameters" use="literal"/>
      </output>
    </operation>
...Then I'm able to validate the data source and bind the output to a field.
However, I got further connection issues in trying to actually retrieve the data from the webservice.
Tell me if that works for you.