XML encoding to UTF-8 charset - Oracle 9i

Hi Masters
Database Version : 9i
Can you please help me here.. I am in a process of writing an Inventory Adjustment tool that will generate the XML and encode it to utf-8 charset…
I have successfully written the code to generate the XML in this format
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<InvAdjustDesc>
<dc_dest_id>323</dc_dest_id>
<InvAdjustDtl>
<item_id>12345678</item_id>
<adjustment_reason_code>383</adjustment_reason_code>
<unit_qty>4</unit_qty>
<from_disposition>ATS</from_disposition>
<to_disposition/>
<user_id>e7062159</user_id>
<create_date>
<year>2012</year>
<month>10</month>
<day>29</day>
<hour>14</hour>
<minute>59</minute>
<second>25</second>
</create_date>
<ww_liability_code>353</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1/>
<ww_ref_2/>
<ww_tran_id>25863399875</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no/>
<ww_final_store>353</ww_final_store>
</InvAdjustDtl>
</InvAdjustDesc>
And now as part of the AIT requirement this XML needs to be encoded to utf-8 and look like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><RibMessages><ribMessage><family>InvAdjust</family><type>INVADJUSTCRE</type><id>54601557</id><ribmessageID>3</ribmessageID><publishTime>2012-10-29 15:03:12.000 SAST</publishTime><messageData><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><InvAdjustDesc><dc_dest_id>323</dc_dest_id><InvAdjustDtl><item_id>12345678</item_id><adjustment_reason_code>383</adjustment_reason_code><unit_qty>4</unit_qty><from_disposition>ATS</from_disposition><to_disposition/><user_id>e7062159</user_id><create_date><year>2012</year><month>10</month><day>29</day><hour>14</hour><minute>59</minute><second>25</second></create_date><ww_liability_code>353</ww_liability_code><ww_ref_1/><ww_ref_2/><ww_tran_id>25863399875</ww_tran_id><ww_alloc_no/><ww_final_store>353</ww_final_store></InvAdjustDtl></InvAdjustDesc></messageData><customFlag>F</customFlag></ribMessage></RibMessages>
I am not quite familiar with xml encoding do you have any suggestion on how i can accomplish this?
Thanks

Hi Odie
I found a way of writing the encoded xml thanks for your help my man, much appreciated...
But now can you help me here this xml I am generating needs to be like the one at the bottom...
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SELECT XMLELEMENT
("InvAdjustDesc"
,XMLFOREST
(inv.dc_dest_id AS "dc_dest_id"
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(NVL(inv.item_id, ' ') AS "item_id"
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,NVL(inv.unit_qty, 0) AS "unit_qty"
,NVL(inv.from_disposition, ' ') AS "from_disposition"
,NVL(inv.to_disposition, ' ') AS "to_disposition"
,NVL(inv.user_id, ' ') AS "user_id"
,XMLFOREST(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'yyyy') AS "year"
,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'mm') AS "month"
,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'dd') AS "day"
,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'hh') AS "hour"
,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'mi') AS "minute"
,TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'ss') AS "second"
) AS create_date
,NVL(inv.ww_liability_code, ' ') AS "ww_liability_code"
,NVL(inv.ww_ref_1, ' ') AS "ww_ref_1"
,NVL(inv.ww_ref_2, ' ') AS "ww_ref_2"
,NVL(inv.ww_tran_id, ' ') AS "ww_tran_id"
,NVL(inv.ww_alloc_no, ' ') AS "ww_alloc_no"
,NVL(inv.ww_final_store, ' ') AS "ww_final_store"
) AS InvAdjustDtl)) AS InvAdjustDesc
FROM invadjust inv
WHERE inv.dc_dest_id = 342
and rownum <= 3;
I need to have a leading <InvAdjustDesc> with a node <dc_dest_id> with repeating <InvAdjustDtl>
I did try to put XMLAGG to group all of my <InvAdjustDtl> nodes but the output I get is two entries of <InvAdjustDtl> as follows
<InvAdjustDesc>
<dc_dest_id>323</dc_dest_id>
<INVADJUSTDTL>
<InvAdjustDtl>
<item_id>20144791</item_id>
<adjustment_reason_code>6</adjustment_reason_code>
<unit_qty>-4</unit_qty>
<from_disposition>ATS</from_disposition>
<to_disposition />
<user_id>r7052891</user_id>
<CREATE_DATE>
<year>2012</year>
<month>10</month>
<day>31</day>
<hour>10</hour>
<minute>15</minute>
<second>44</second>
</CREATE_DATE>
<ww_liability_code>342</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1 />
<ww_ref_2 />
<ww_tran_id>342021751178</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no />
<ww_final_store>342</ww_final_store>
</InvAdjustDtl>
<InvAdjustDtl>
<item_id>6009173222220</item_id>
<adjustment_reason_code>6</adjustment_reason_code>
<unit_qty>-1</unit_qty>
<from_disposition>ATS</from_disposition>
<to_disposition />
<user_id>r7052891</user_id>
<CREATE_DATE>
<year>2012</year>
<month>10</month>
<day>31</day>
<hour>10</hour>
<minute>15</minute>
<second>44</second>
</CREATE_DATE>
<ww_liability_code>342</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1 />
<ww_ref_2 />
<ww_tran_id>342021751179</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no />
<ww_final_store>342</ww_final_store>
</InvAdjustDtl>
<InvAdjustDtl>
<item_id>2034180000008</item_id>
<adjustment_reason_code>6</adjustment_reason_code>
<unit_qty>-1</unit_qty>
<from_disposition>ATS</from_disposition>
<to_disposition />
<user_id>r7052891</user_id>
<CREATE_DATE>
<year>2012</year>
<month>10</month>
<day>31</day>
<hour>10</hour>
<minute>15</minute>
<second>44</second>
</CREATE_DATE>
<ww_liability_code>342</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1 />
<ww_ref_2 />
<ww_tran_id>342021751180</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no />
<ww_final_store>342</ww_final_store>
</InvAdjustDtl>
</INVADJUSTDTL>
</InvAdjustDesc>cond>11</second>
</CREATE_DATE>
<ww_liability_code>342</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1 />
<ww_ref_2 />
<ww_tran_id>342021751180</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no />
<ww_final_store>342</ww_final_store>
</INVADJUSTDTL>
</InvAdjustDesc>cond>11</second>
</CREATE_DATE>
<ww_liability_code>342</ww_liability_code>
<ww_ref_1 />
<ww_ref_2 />
<ww_tran_id>342021751180</ww_tran_id>
<ww_alloc_no />
<ww_final_store>342</ww_final_store>
</INVADJUSTDTL>
</InvAdjustDesc>
--------------------------------------Desired Output___________________
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<InvAdjustDesc>
     <dc_dest_id>852</dc_dest_id>
     <InvAdjustDtl>
          <item_id>12345</item_id>
          <adjustment_reason_code>989</adjustment_reason_code>
          <unit_qty>4</unit_qty>
          <from_disposition>ats</from_disposition>
          <to_disposition>tst</to_disposition>
          <user_id>w759862</user_id>
          <create_date>
               <year>2012</year>
               <month>10</month>
               <day>31</day>
               <hour>09</hour>
               <minute>14</minute>
               <second>23</second>
          </create_date>
          <ww_liability_code>852</ww_liability_code>
          <ww_ref_1/>
          <ww_ref_2/>
          <ww_tran_id>12358965</ww_tran_id>
          <ww_alloc_no/>
          <ww_final_store>323</ww_final_store>
     </InvAdjustDtl>
     <InvAdjustDtl>
          <item_id>78952675</item_id>
          <adjustment_reason_code>987</adjustment_reason_code>
          <unit_qty>5</unit_qty>
          <from_disposition>ats</from_disposition>
          <to_disposition>asr</to_disposition>
          <user_id>w7889526</user_id>
          <create_date>
               <year>2012</year>
               <month>10</month>
               <day>31</day>
               <hour>09</hour>
               <minute>15</minute>
               <second>02</second>
          </create_date>
          <ww_liability_code>456</ww_liability_code>
          <ww_ref_1/>
          <ww_ref_2/>
          <ww_tran_id>482665226</ww_tran_id>
          <ww_alloc_no/>
          <ww_final_store>456</ww_final_store>
     </InvAdjustDtl>
</InvAdjustDesc>

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jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8
Thanks,

You must describe your requirements in more details. There is generally nothing special in reading/writing into a database that has UTF-8 (AL32UTF8) as its database character set. Data is read into/written from String variables, which are encoded in UTF-16 by Java design. JDBC transparently converts between UTF-16 and UTF-8.
If you want to output a string into a file in UTF-8 encoding, it is no longer an Oracle problem but a normal Java programming issue. You need to create an appropriate OutputStreamWriter for your FileOutputStream.
new OutputStreamWriter( new FileOutputStream(file), "UTF-8" );
-- Sergiusz

How do I supress the encoding of UTF-8 characters in a f:param element

Hello,
I have a keyboard displayed on my page, which won't work properly because of the used german characters.
I have an icon for every button embedded in a link, which adds the selected character to the searchstring.
For example adding an a works like this:
from keyboard.xhtml:
<s:link><f:param name="#{keyname}" value="#{keyword}a"/><h:graphicImage value="key_a.png"/></s:link>keyname and keyword are parameters submitted by the including form:
from myform.xhtml:
<ui:param name="keyword" value="#{end}"/>
<ui:param name="keyname" value="end"/>This works great as long as the character is a standard one, but on as soon as I have a german umlaut in the string, the umlaut gets encoded/escaped with every single character that i add to the searchstring:
The string makes it's way correctly to the keyboard-template, I can use a h:outputText to show it on the page and it doesn't get escaped.
So, how can I prevent the escaping of my characters in the f:params elements?
I really need to get this to work. so any hint or even solution would be fabulous.
Thanks in advance, Peter
PS: maybe my web server is doing something nasty, so it would be nice, if someone can check this code:
<s:link><f:param name="test" value="�"/>INIT</s:link><br/>
<s:link><f:param name="test" value="#{test}"/>REPEAT</s:link><br/>
INFO: <h:outputText value="#{test}" /><br/>here is the same one with h:outputLink
<h:outputLink><f:param name="test" value="�"/>INIT</h:outputLink><br/>
<h:outputLink><f:param name="test" value="#{test}"/>REPEAT</h:outputLink><br/>
INFO: <h:outputText value="#{test}" /><br/>EDIT: I found the solution, it was my beloved jboss application server, after adding a parameter to the server.xml, everything worked as expected:
use page settings:
<Connector port="8080" .....
useBodyEncodingForURI="true" ..../>hardcoded:
<Connector port="8080" .....
URIEncoding="UTF-8" ..../> Edited by: pete007 on Mar 12, 2008 1:47 PM

"Encoding" refers to the charset used to convert the Unicode data into bytes. But since you're writing to a String, you aren't converting the data to bytes and therefore UTF-16 is the appropriate encoding. It doesn't make sense to ask for your data to be encoded in UTF-8 when you aren't producing bytes.
You could read this tutorial about XML and Unicode and encodings for more information:
http://skew.org/xml/tutorial/

Validate xml encoding - BPEL

Hi!
I would like to validate the xml encoding in the BPEL process, does anyone know how to do this?
I mean, I have a BPEL process that receives an xml as the input. The input xml has a encoding specified. For example encoding="UTF-8". What I want to validate is that all the characters in the xml are valid in UTF-8 encoding (or whatever encoding is specified in the xml header).
I have used <property name="validateXML">true</property> in the bpel.xml. This works to validate the xml against the schema, but does not validate the encoding.
Please, I need help with this issue.
Thanks in advance,
Zaloa

when using the validate activity in the bpel itself, your instance is already created
You can enable payload validation per composite of global
If you go to the Em console > your composite > click the button at the top middle 'Settings' > Payload Validation
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/integration.1111/e10226/bp_config.htm
9.1 Configuring BPEL Process Service Engine Properties
Payload Validation

Retrieve xml data from a relational table(oracle) with datatype as xmltyp

Hello Avijit, any resolution for this issue?

hi .... I am trying to retrieve xml data from a relational table with datatype as xmltyp. The SQ is retrieving rows but the xml parser give transformation error . The transformation retrieve xml data from a relational table(oracle) with datatype as xmltyp returned a row error status on receiving an input row on group retrieve xml data from a relational table(oracle) with datatype as xmltyp. ERROR : An XML document was truncated and thus not processed. Input row from SQ_XMLTYPE_TEST: Rowdata: ( RowType=0(insert) Src Rowid=5 Targ Rowid=5 DOCUMENT (DataInput:Char.64000:): "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><main><DATA_RECORD> <OFFER_ID>434345</OFFER_ID> <ADDR>sec -2 salt lake</ADDR> <CITY>kolkata</CITY> (DISPLAY TRUNCATED)(TRUNCATED)" ) thanks in advance Avijit

When creating new table in sqllite db via Flex it become encoded as "utf-16le"

Hi Guys
I have some annoying problem with my AIR application
The application is communicating with a local DB (sqllite).
as part of initial installation I'm checking if the db exist.
in case not then:
I create one (file)
create the relevent tables inside
and populate them.
For some reason, on the tables creation step the sqllite db become encoded as UTF-16le instead of UTF-8.
The question is how can I make the tables creation step to leave the db as UTF-8
thanks in advance for your help.
This is my creation code
the "connection" is from flash.data.SQLConnection type
The "file" contain the following information
<sql>
<statement>
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MYTABLE
      MYTABLE_VERSION                NUMBER NOT NULL,
       MYTA|BLE_INSERT_DATE                 DATE NOT NULL
</statement></sql>
The below is the relevent code:
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
            stream.open(file, FileMode.READ);
            var xml:XML = XML(stream.readUTFBytes(stream.bytesAvailable));
            stream.close();
            var statement:XML = null;
            try
                connection.begin(lockType);
                for each (statement in xml.statement)
                    var stmt:SQLStatement = new SQLStatement();
                    stmt.sqlConnection = connection;
                    stmt.text = statement;
                    stmt.execute();
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            connection.commit();

It doesn't look like you're using DBSequence domain for the OrderLinesId attribute. If you are then you do not need to fill in the sequence as you've done in the create method.
Getting back to create issue, You may want to set the 'order' id (foreign key) values before calling super and then call the getOrder() (or getXXX where XXX is the order accessor in this entity) method to verify if the order of the given ID exists/found in the cache.
By the way, are you also using a similar create() in order with DBSequence as the type for the pK and you force a sequence value on top of it via setAttribute?
Yes, this is the create method inside CrpOrderLinesImpl.java
protected void create(AttributeList attributeList) {
super.create(attributeList);
SequenceImpl s = new SequenceImpl("CRP_ORDER_LINES_ID_SEQ", getDBTransaction());
setAttribute("OrderLinesId",s.getSequenceNumber());
Thanks,
Brad

How to set File Encoding to UTF-8 On Save action in JDeveloper 11G R2?

Hello,
I am facing issue when I am modifying a File using JDeveloper 11G R2. JDeveloper is changing the Encoding of the File to System default Encoding (ANSI) instead of UTF-8. I have updated the Encoding to UTF-8 in "Tools | Preferences | Environment | Encoding" option and restarted the JDeveloper. I have also updated "Project Properties | Compiler | Character Encoding" option to UTF-8. None of them are working.
I am using below version of JDeveloper,
Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 2 11.1.2.3.0
Studio Edition Version 11.1.2.3.0
Product Version: 11.1.2.3.39.62.76.1
I created a file in UTF-8 Encoding. I opened it, do some changes and Save it.
When I open the "Properties" tab using "Help | About" Menu, I can see that the Properties of JDeveloper are showing encoding as Cp1252. Is it related?
Properties
sun.jnu.encoding
Cp1252
file.encoding
Cp1252
Any idea how to make sure JDeveloper saves the File in UTF-8 always?
- Sujay

I have already done that. That is the first thing I did as mentioned in my Thread. I have also added below 2 options in jdev.conf and restarted JDeveloper, but that also did not work.
AddVMOption -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
AddVMOption -Dsun.jnu.encoding=UTF-8
- Sujay

XML encoding in mail adapter

Hi,
i send via E-Mail Adapter an XML File.
Is there a possibility to change the xml encoding.
from:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
regards,
robin

hi
check the below links
XI: Sender mail adapter - PayloadSwapBean - Step by step
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/12/18/xi-sender-mail-adapter--payloadswapbean--step-by-step
Mail Adapter (XI) - how to implement dynamic mail address
/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/03/07/mail-adapter-xi--how-to-implement-dynamic-mail-address
Note: reward points if solution found helpfull
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Jaxb & XML & encoding problem                      *URGENT*

Hello,
***Do not be scared because of the length of the question please. I tried to explain problem clearly.***
I am developing a Web service for a particular client. The client has provided .wsdl and some .xsd files for me.
I used JWSDP-2.0 to generate holder classes from those .xsd files. In order to specify the root elemnen, I added "@XmlRootElement" annotation in front of the ServiceInfo class (, and also imported "javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement"). I am using Eclipse in this project.
I prepared the Web service exactly as specified by the client, but when I test it with the client the client application cannot show the XML data that it receives as a response to its request. The client application opens a file, writes the XML response to that file and also shows the response on the client application window. However, that file is always empty and I see nothing on the client application window. I do not have the client application's source code, but I do know that client application has no bug.
NOTE: I have a guideline for developing the Web Service for this particular client and it says there: "ServiceInfo is transfered as a Unicode string, and then encoded as UTF-16."
(Actually I don't know whether this is the reason of my problem but it is still sth that should be known I guess.)
Here is the code of my method:
public java.lang.String getServiceInfo() throws java.rmi.RemoteException {
JAXBContext servInfoContext = JAXBContext.newInstance("com.gw.oms.serviceinfo"); //com.gw.oms.serviceinfo is the directory where all generated java (from serviceinfo.xsd file) files are stored.
// create an ObjectFactory instance, create instances of holder classes
// (root element is "serviceInfo") and set their values.
          try {
               StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
               Marshaller marshaller = servInfoContext.createMarshaller();
               marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_ENCODING, "UTF-16");
               marshaller.marshal(serviceInfo, writer);
               return writer.toString();
          } catch (JAXBException e) {
               throw new RemoteException("Error marshalling serviceInfo", e);
I guess the code piece in the try-catch block is true, but maybe I am continuously missing sth. Can you see any wrong thing in the code?
In order to see what is happenning in the communication between my Web Service and the client application I analyzed the traffic between them via Ethereal network sniffing tool. Here is some info:
FROM CLIENT TO WEB SERVICE: (Data Content of HTTP packet)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://schema.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<GetServiceInfo
xmlns="http://....XXX....."/>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
FROM WEB SERVICE TO CLIENT: (Data Content of HTTP packet)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://schema.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Body>
<GetServiceInfoResult
xmlns=""/> **>> WARNING 1 <<**
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" standalone="yes"?>\n<serviceInfo xmlns="http://....XXX..../serviceInfo"><serviceProvider>Service Provider Name< **>> WARNING 2 <<**
</GetServiceInfoResult>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
**>> WARNING 1 <<**: WHY IS 'XMLNS' EMPTY HERE??? SHOULDN'T IT BE "http://....XXX....." ALSO????
**>> WARNING 2 <<**: WHY DON'T I SEE THE COMPLETE SERVICEINFO HERE? ONLY 1 HTTP RESPONSE PACKET IS BEING SENT TO THE CLIENT BY MY WEB SERVICE.
If I make Eclipse write to the console what I am sending, I see the result below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<serviceInfo xmlns="http://....XXX...../serviceInfo">
<serviceProvider>MY UNIVERSITY</serviceProvider>
<serviceUri>http://myserviceuri.com</serviceUri>
<signUpPage>http://signupmyservice/services/ITUServiceSoap</signUpPage>
<targetLocale>1053</targetLocale>
<localName>MIN SERVIS</localName>
<englishName>MY SERVICE</englishName>
<authenticationType>other</authenticationType>
<supportedService>
<SMS_SENDER maxSbcsPerMessage="160" maxRecipientsPerMessage="400" maxMessagesPerSend="5" maxDbcsPerMessage="0"/>
</supportedService>
</serviceInfo>
Somehow the client application cannot receive (or validate) the serviceinfo that my Web service sends. I suspect that sth is wrong with my Java code. Can any one see any error in this schema?
I am really stucked. Any recommendation would be very valuable for me.
Thanks & Regards

I feel like nobody is following this forum anymore.. :)
Does anybody have any idea...?
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