XML Sorting

A little new to this... but I have gotten my "for each"
repeating field working great, but how do I choose a sort for the
results? I want to sort the results based on one of my XML
variables. i.e. I have a field that is numbered 1-5, and I want it
to sort in reverse order (all the 5's first, etc.)
Thanks - Don

Of course XSLT would be technique of choice if it would be available. The really cool hacker solution of course wouuld be building your own XSLT / XPATH implementation in abap for 4.6- but sometimes the quick and dirty solution is the better choice. In the end if the XML is not to structured / complex it's just a bit hack and slay or SPLIT and CONCATENATE ;o)
DATA:
lv_xml_old TYPE string,
lv_xml_new TYPE string,
ln_beg TYPE i,
ln_end TYPE i,
ln_len TYPE i,
lv_buff TYPE string,
lt_buff TYPE TABLE OF string.
CONCATENATE
'<doc number = ''12343401''>John Smith</doc>'
'<BEHs>'
'<BEH id = ''04''>2000</BEH>'
'<BEH id = ''02''>200</BEH>'
'<BEH id = ''03''>1230</BEH>'
'<BEH id = ''01''>223</BEH>'
'</BEHs>'
'</doc>'
INTO
 lv_xml_old.
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '''' IN lv_xml_old WITH '"'.
FIND FIRST OCCURRENCE OF '<BEHs>' IN lv_xml_old MATCH OFFSET ln_beg.
FIND FIRST OCCURRENCE OF '</BEHs>' IN lv_xml_old MATCH OFFSET ln_end.
ln_beg = ln_beg + 6.
ln_len = ln_end - ln_beg.
SPLIT lv_xml_old+ln_beg(ln_len) AT '</BEH>' INTO TABLE lt_buff.
SORT lt_buff.
lv_xml_new = lv_xml_old(ln_beg).
LOOP AT lt_buff INTO lv_buff.
CONCATENATE
 lv_xml_new
 lv_buff
 '</BEH>'
 INTO
 lv_xml_new.
ENDLOOP.
CONCATENATE
lv_xml_new
lv_xml_old+ln_end
INTO
 lv_xml_new.
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '"' IN lv_xml_new WITH ''''.
WRITE lv_xml_new.
hf
Roman

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Yes I do. I am using it now with my work related project.
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I am at the VERY beginning stages in this direction so I'd love to have ideas, thoughts, suggestions as to how this might be implemented. I do believe though that it will provide for a more powerful engine. The nice thing is, while the engine will support static runtime plugins, it will also support dynamic services that can come and go during the runtime. The key is that plugins using services do not maintain references to them, but instead query the engine each time a plugin needs to use a service.
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All of this works now, and I am using it. I do NOT have a generic UI framework just yet. I am working on that now. Eclipse has a very nice feature in that every plugin.xml file builds up the UI without any plugin code ever being created or ran. I am working on something like that now, although I am focussed more on the aspect of the engine at this point.
Two things keep me going. First, the shear fun of working on this and seeing it succeed, even if a little bit. Second, while I love the idea of Eclipse, OSGi and other engines, so far I have yet to find one that is very easy to write plugins for, is very small, and is "generic" enough for any use. Some may argue JBoss core, at 29K can do this. I don't know if it can. It is built around JMX and I don't know that I agree JMX is the "ultimate" core plugin engine for all types of apps. Not that mine is either, but I'd like to see what I am working on become that if possible. Currently, with an xml parser (www.xmlpull.org) added as part of the code, my engine is about 40K with debug info, maybe about 28K without. I expect it to grow a bit more with services, reloadable/unloadable code, and some other stuff. However, I am thinking it will still be around 50K in size and in my opinion, with an xml read/write parser (very fast one at that), extension/extensino points, services, dependencies, multiple versions of plugins (soon), load/unload/reload capabilities, .par management (unjar into work dir, download .par files from urls, etc) and open directory capabilities, inidividual classloaders, automatic dependency resolution, dynamic dependency resolution and possibly even more, I think what my engine offers (and will offer) is pretty cool in my book.
None the less, there is always room for improvement. One of the things I pride myself on is using as little code and keeping the code neat and easily readable, not to mention as non-archaic as possible, makes for an easily maintainable project.
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So, if you are interested, by all means, let me know and I'll be happy to send you what I have, and love to have more help on the next version of this.

Ideas for a database for my app

I'm thinking about writing a small app for myself. Basically it will be a type of journal program, with some customizations to suit my needs. Basically, it would be a journal program with some slider bars or drop down boxes to help me categorize the type of journal entry. For example, a "Mood" category or something like that.
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When does a bean get initialised?

Hi,
I am a bit confused at the moment, and the more I think about it, the more confused I get! Here is the scenario....
Some details - it is a JSF application using JSPs and JSF Components. I am using JDeveloper 1.3.2 and Oracle 10g DB.
I have a page (login.jsp) that calls a method in the LoginBean when the user clicks the Login button. This then goes off to the DB and retrieves the user's data (if he/she exists). If successful, the user is navigated to the welcome page. At this point I wish to display the user's details (EmployeeBean) - which are stored in another table, and so will require a query to the find the user's details based on their user_id (retrieved when logging in).
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If this requires further info, please tell me and I'll add to it!
Thank you.

Hi,
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Regards,
Kati

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I don't think I've ever been so fast before:
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... Enjoy!

Maybe I'll be enthused to try this before my idea of when Jongware wakes up :-)
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Hopefully it's self-explanatory. I even added the "(enum)" to distinguish enums from regular properties. Just for you, Peter K!
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Button
visibilityInPdf
property
DocumentPreference
masterTextFrame
property
DocumentPreset
masterTextFrame
property
EPubExportPreference
cssExportOption
property
EPubExportPreference
externalCSSPath
property
EPubExportPreference
format
property
EPubExportPreference
marginUnit
property
EPubExportPreference
spaceUnit
property
EPubExportPreference
useTocStyle
property
HTMLExportPreference
bottomMargin
property
HTMLExportPreference
externalCSSPath
property
HTMLExportPreference
javascriptURL
property
HTMLExportPreference
leftMargin
property
HTMLExportPreference
linkToJavascript
property
HTMLExportPreference
marginUnit
property
HTMLExportPreference
rightMargin
property
HTMLExportPreference
spaceUnit
property
HTMLExportPreference
topMargin
property
ObjectExportOption
customImageAlignment
property
ObjectExportOption
spaceUnit
property
PagesPanel
verticalView
property(enum)
SpaceUnitType
CSS_EM
property(enum)
SpaceUnitType
CSS_PIXEL
property(enum)
StyleSheetExportOption
EXTERNAL_CSS
property(enum)
StyleSheetExportOption
STYLE_NAME_ONLY
property(enum)
VisibilityInPdf
HIDDEN_BUT_PRINTABLE_IN_PDF
property(enum)
VisibilityInPdf
HIDDEN_IN_PDF
property(enum)
VisibilityInPdf
VISIBLE_BUT_DOES_NOT_PRINT_IN_PDF
property(enum)
VisibilityInPdf
VISIBLE_IN_PDF
And the following 1,984 were added in CS6 (comm -13 7575.txt 8080.txt):
method
Button
contentPlace
method
CellStyleMapping
addEventListener
method
CellStyleMapping
getElements
method
CellStyleMapping
remove
method
CellStyleMapping
removeEventListener
method
CellStyleMapping
toSource
method
CellStyleMapping
toSpecifier
method
CellStyleMappings
method
CellStyleMappings
add
method
CellStyleMappings
anyItem
method
CellStyleMappings
count
method
CellStyleMappings
everyItem
method
CellStyleMappings
firstItem
method
CellStyleMappings
item
method
CellStyleMappings
itemByRange
method
CellStyleMappings
lastItem
method
CellStyleMappings
middleItem
method
CellStyleMappings
nextItem
method
CellStyleMappings
previousItem
method
CellStyleMappings
toSource
method
CharStyleMapping
addEventListener
method
CharStyleMapping
getElements
method
CharStyleMapping
remove
method
CharStyleMapping
removeEventListener
method
CharStyleMapping
toSource
method
CharStyleMapping
toSpecifier
method
CharStyleMappings
method
CharStyleMappings
add
method
CharStyleMappings
anyItem
method
CharStyleMappings
count
method
CharStyleMappings
everyItem
method
CharStyleMappings
firstItem
method
CharStyleMappings
item
method
CharStyleMappings
itemByRange
method
CharStyleMappings
lastItem
method
CharStyleMappings
middleItem
method
CharStyleMappings
nextItem
method
CharStyleMappings
previousItem
method
CharStyleMappings
toSource
method
CheckBox
addEventListener
method
CheckBox
applyObjectStyle
method
CheckBox
asynchronousExportFile
method
CheckBox
autoTag
method
CheckBox
bringForward
method
CheckBox
bringToFront
method
CheckBox
changeObject
method
CheckBox
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
CheckBox
clearTransformations
method
CheckBox
contentPlace
method
CheckBox
convertShape
method
CheckBox
convertToObject
method
CheckBox
detach
method
CheckBox
duplicate
method
CheckBox
exportFile
method
CheckBox
extractLabel
method
CheckBox
findObject
method
CheckBox
fit
method
CheckBox
flipItem
method
CheckBox
getElements
method
CheckBox
insertLabel
method
CheckBox
markup
method
CheckBox
move
method
CheckBox
override
method
CheckBox
placeXML
method
CheckBox
redefineScaling
method
CheckBox
reframe
method
CheckBox
remove
method
CheckBox
removeEventListener
method
CheckBox
removeOverride
method
CheckBox
resize
method
CheckBox
resolve
method
CheckBox
select
method
CheckBox
sendBackward
method
CheckBox
sendToBack
method
CheckBox
store
method
CheckBox
toSource
method
CheckBox
toSpecifier
method
CheckBox
transform
method
CheckBox
transformAgain
method
CheckBox
transformAgainIndividually
method
CheckBox
transformSequenceAgain
method
CheckBox
transformSequenceAgainIndividually
method
CheckBox
transformValuesOf
method
CheckBoxes
method
CheckBoxes
add
method
CheckBoxes
anyItem
method
CheckBoxes
count
method
CheckBoxes
everyItem
method
CheckBoxes
firstItem
method
CheckBoxes
item
method
CheckBoxes
itemByID
method
CheckBoxes
itemByName
method
CheckBoxes
itemByRange
method
CheckBoxes
lastItem
method
CheckBoxes
middleItem
method
CheckBoxes
nextItem
method
CheckBoxes
previousItem
method
CheckBoxes
toSource
method
ClearFormBehavior
addEventListener
method
ClearFormBehavior
extractLabel
method
ClearFormBehavior
getElements
method
ClearFormBehavior
insertLabel
method
ClearFormBehavior
remove
method
ClearFormBehavior
removeEventListener
method
ClearFormBehavior
toSource
method
ClearFormBehavior
toSpecifier
method
ClearFormBehaviors
method
ClearFormBehaviors
add
method
ClearFormBehaviors
anyItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
count
method
ClearFormBehaviors
everyItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
firstItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
item
method
ClearFormBehaviors
itemByID
method
ClearFormBehaviors
itemByName
method
ClearFormBehaviors
itemByRange
method
ClearFormBehaviors
lastItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
middleItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
nextItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
previousItem
method
ClearFormBehaviors
toSource
method
ComboBox
addEventListener
method
ComboBox
applyObjectStyle
method
ComboBox
asynchronousExportFile
method
ComboBox
autoTag
method
ComboBox
bringForward
method
ComboBox
bringToFront
method
ComboBox
changeObject
method
ComboBox
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
ComboBox
clearTransformations
method
ComboBox
contentPlace
method
ComboBox
convertShape
method
ComboBox
convertToObject
method
ComboBox
detach
method
ComboBox
duplicate
method
ComboBox
exportFile
method
ComboBox
extractLabel
method
ComboBox
findObject
method
ComboBox
fit
method
ComboBox
flipItem
method
ComboBox
getElements
method
ComboBox
insertLabel
method
ComboBox
markup
method
ComboBox
move
method
ComboBox
override
method
ComboBox
placeXML
method
ComboBox
redefineScaling
method
ComboBox
reframe
method
ComboBox
remove
method
ComboBox
removeEventListener
method
ComboBox
removeOverride
method
ComboBox
resize
method
ComboBox
resolve
method
ComboBox
select
method
ComboBox
sendBackward
method
ComboBox
sendToBack
method
ComboBox
store
method
ComboBox
toSource
method
ComboBox
toSpecifier
method
ComboBox
transform
method
ComboBox
transformAgain
method
ComboBox
transformAgainIndividually
method
ComboBox
transformSequenceAgain
method
ComboBox
transformSequenceAgainIndividually
method
ComboBox
transformValuesOf
method
ComboBoxes
method
ComboBoxes
add
method
ComboBoxes
anyItem
method
ComboBoxes
count
method
ComboBoxes
everyItem
method
ComboBoxes
firstItem
method
ComboBoxes
item
method
ComboBoxes
itemByID
method
ComboBoxes
itemByName
method
ComboBoxes
itemByRange
method
ComboBoxes
lastItem
method
ComboBoxes
middleItem
method
ComboBoxes
nextItem
method
ComboBoxes
previousItem
method
ComboBoxes
toSource
method
ContentPlacerObject
addEventListener
method
ContentPlacerObject
getElements
method
ContentPlacerObject
load
method
ContentPlacerObject
removeEventListener
method
ContentPlacerObject
toSource
method
ContentPlacerObject
toSpecifier
method
Document
createAlternateLayout
method
Document
deleteAlternateLayout
method
EPS
contentPlace
method
EPSText
contentPlace
method
FontLockingPreference
addEventListener
method
FontLockingPreference
getElements
method
FontLockingPreference
removeEventListener
method
FontLockingPreference
toSource
method
FontLockingPreference
toSpecifier
method
FormField
contentPlace
method
Graphic
contentPlace
method
GraphicLine
contentPlace
method
Group
contentPlace
method
Guide
resolve
method
Guide
transformValuesOf
method
HtmlItem
addEventListener
method
HtmlItem
applyObjectStyle
method
HtmlItem
asynchronousExportFile
method
HtmlItem
autoTag
method
HtmlItem
changeObject
method
HtmlItem
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
HtmlItem
clearTransformations
method
HtmlItem
contentPlace
method
HtmlItem
convertShape
method
HtmlItem
detach
method
HtmlItem
duplicate
method
HtmlItem
exportFile
method
HtmlItem
extractLabel
method
HtmlItem
findObject
method
HtmlItem
fit
method
HtmlItem
flipItem
method
HtmlItem
getElements
method
HtmlItem
insertLabel
method
HtmlItem
markup
method
HtmlItem
move
method
HtmlItem
override
method
HtmlItem
place
method
HtmlItem
placeXML
method
HtmlItem
redefineScaling
method
HtmlItem
reframe
method
HtmlItem
remove
method
HtmlItem
removeEventListener
method
HtmlItem
removeOverride
method
HtmlItem
resize
method
HtmlItem
resolve
method
HtmlItem
select
method
HtmlItem
store
method
HtmlItem
toSource
method
HtmlItem
toSpecifier
method
HtmlItem
transform
method
HtmlItem
transformAgain
method
HtmlItem
transformAgainIndividually
method
HtmlItem
transformSequenceAgain
method
HtmlItem
transformSequenceAgainIndividually
method
HtmlItem
transformValuesOf
method
HtmlItems
method
HtmlItems
add
method
HtmlItems
anyItem
method
HtmlItems
count
method
HtmlItems
everyItem
method
HtmlItems
firstItem
method
HtmlItems
item
method
HtmlItems
itemByID
method
HtmlItems
itemByName
method
HtmlItems
itemByRange
method
HtmlItems
lastItem
method
HtmlItems
middleItem
method
HtmlItems
nextItem
method
HtmlItems
previousItem
method
HtmlItems
toSource
method
Image
contentPlace
method
ImportedPage
contentPlace
method
Link
goToSource
method
LinkedPageItemOption
addEventListener
method
LinkedPageItemOption
getElements
method
LinkedPageItemOption
removeEventListener
method
LinkedPageItemOption
toSource
method
LinkedPageItemOption
toSpecifier
method
ListBox
addEventListener
method
ListBox
applyObjectStyle
method
ListBox
asynchronousExportFile
method
ListBox
autoTag
method
ListBox
bringForward
method
ListBox
bringToFront
method
ListBox
changeObject
method
ListBox
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
ListBox
clearTransformations
method
ListBox
contentPlace
method
ListBox
convertShape
method
ListBox
convertToObject
method
ListBox
detach
method
ListBox
duplicate
method
ListBox
exportFile
method
ListBox
extractLabel
method
ListBox
findObject
method
ListBox
fit
method
ListBox
flipItem
method
ListBox
getElements
method
ListBox
insertLabel
method
ListBox
markup
method
ListBox
move
method
ListBox
override
method
ListBox
placeXML
method
ListBox
redefineScaling
method
ListBox
reframe
method
ListBox
remove
method
ListBox
removeEventListener
method
ListBox
removeOverride
method
ListBox
resize
method
ListBox
resolve
method
ListBox
select
method
ListBox
sendBackward
method
ListBox
sendToBack
method
ListBox
store
method
ListBox
toSource
method
ListBox
toSpecifier
method
ListBox
transform
method
ListBox
transformAgain
method
ListBox
transformAgainIndividually
method
ListBox
transformSequenceAgain
method
ListBox
transformSequenceAgainIndividually
method
ListBox
transformValuesOf
method
ListBoxes
method
ListBoxes
add
method
ListBoxes
anyItem
method
ListBoxes
count
method
ListBoxes
everyItem
method
ListBoxes
firstItem
method
ListBoxes
item
method
ListBoxes
itemByID
method
ListBoxes
itemByName
method
ListBoxes
itemByRange
method
ListBoxes
lastItem
method
ListBoxes
middleItem
method
ListBoxes
nextItem
method
ListBoxes
previousItem
method
ListBoxes
toSource
method
MasterSpread
contentPlace
method
MediaItem
contentPlace
method
Movie
contentPlace
method
MultiStateObject
contentPlace
method
Oval
contentPlace
method
PDF
contentPlace
method
PICT
contentPlace
method
PNGExportPreference
addEventListener
method
PNGExportPreference
getElements
method
PNGExportPreference
removeEventListener
method
PNGExportPreference
toSource
method
PNGExportPreference
toSpecifier
method
Page
contentPlace
method
Page
deleteAllLayoutSnapshots
method
Page
deleteLayoutSnapshot
method
Page
snapshotCurrentLayout
method
PageItem
contentPlace
method
ParaStyleMapping
addEventListener
method
ParaStyleMapping
getElements
method
ParaStyleMapping
remove
method
ParaStyleMapping
removeEventListener
method
ParaStyleMapping
toSource
method
ParaStyleMapping
toSpecifier
method
ParaStyleMappings
method
ParaStyleMappings
add
method
ParaStyleMappings
anyItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
count
method
ParaStyleMappings
everyItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
firstItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
item
method
ParaStyleMappings
itemByRange
method
ParaStyleMappings
lastItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
middleItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
nextItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
previousItem
method
ParaStyleMappings
toSource
method
Polygon
contentPlace
method
PrintFormBehavior
addEventListener
method
PrintFormBehavior
extractLabel
method
PrintFormBehavior
getElements
method
PrintFormBehavior
insertLabel
method
PrintFormBehavior
remove
method
PrintFormBehavior
removeEventListener
method
PrintFormBehavior
toSource
method
PrintFormBehavior
toSpecifier
method
PrintFormBehaviors
method
PrintFormBehaviors
add
method
PrintFormBehaviors
anyItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
count
method
PrintFormBehaviors
everyItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
firstItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
item
method
PrintFormBehaviors
itemByID
method
PrintFormBehaviors
itemByName
method
PrintFormBehaviors
itemByRange
method
PrintFormBehaviors
lastItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
middleItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
nextItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
previousItem
method
PrintFormBehaviors
toSource
method
RadioButton
addEventListener
method
RadioButton
applyObjectStyle
method
RadioButton
asynchronousExportFile
method
RadioButton
autoTag
method
RadioButton
bringForward
method
RadioButton
bringToFront
method
RadioButton
changeObject
method
RadioButton
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
RadioButton
clearTransformations
method
RadioButton
contentPlace
method
RadioButton
convertShape
method
RadioButton
convertToObject
method
RadioButton
detach
method
RadioButton
duplicate
method
RadioButton
exportFile
method
RadioButton
extractLabel
method
RadioButton
findObject
method
RadioButton
fit
method
RadioButton
flipItem
method
RadioButton
getElements
method
RadioButton
insertLabel
method
RadioButton
markup
method
RadioButton
move
method
RadioButton
override
method
RadioButton
placeXML
method
RadioButton
redefineScaling
method
RadioButton
reframe
method
RadioButton
remove
method
RadioButton
removeEventListener
method
RadioButton
removeOverride
method
RadioButton
resize
method
RadioButton
resolve
method
RadioButton
select
method
RadioButton
sendBackward
method
RadioButton
sendToBack
method
RadioButton
store
method
RadioButton
toSource
method
RadioButton
toSpecifier
method
RadioButton
transform
method
RadioButton
transformAgain
method
RadioButton
transformAgainIndividually
method
RadioButton
transformSequenceAgain
method
RadioButton
transformSequenceAgainIndividually
method
RadioButton
transformValuesOf
method
RadioButtons
method
RadioButtons
add
method
RadioButtons
anyItem
method
RadioButtons
count
method
RadioButtons
everyItem
method
RadioButtons
firstItem
method
RadioButtons
item
method
RadioButtons
itemByID
method
RadioButtons
itemByName
method
RadioButtons
itemByRange
method
RadioButtons
lastItem
method
RadioButtons
middleItem
method
RadioButtons
nextItem
method
RadioButtons
previousItem
method
RadioButtons
toSource
method
Rectangle
contentPlace
method
SignatureField
addEventListener
method
SignatureField
applyObjectStyle
method
SignatureField
asynchronousExportFile
method
SignatureField
autoTag
method
SignatureField
bringForward
method
SignatureField
bringToFront
method
SignatureField
changeObject
method
SignatureField
clearObjectStyleOverrides
method
SignatureField
clearTransformations
method
SignatureField
contentPlace
method
SignatureField
convertShape
method
SignatureField
convertToObject
method
SignatureField
detach
method
SignatureField
duplicate
method
SignatureField
exportFile
method
SignatureField
extractLabel
method
SignatureField
findObject
method
SignatureField
fit
method
SignatureField
flipItem
method
SignatureField
getElements
method
SignatureField
insertLabel
method
SignatureField
markup
method
SignatureField
move
method
SignatureField
override
method
SignatureField
placeXML
method
SignatureField
redefineScaling
method
SignatureField
reframe
method
SignatureField
remove
method
SignatureField
removeEventListener
method
SignatureField
removeOverride
method
SignatureField
resize
method
SignatureField
resolve
method
SignatureField
select
method
SignatureField
sendBackward
method
SignatureField
sendToBack
method
SignatureField
store

Sorting Problem in XML Publisher Report

Dear Members,
I am facing problems with sorting data in my XML Publisher Report.
We are using Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Version and i developed a rtf Template and executable is an RDF which generates XML Data.
I want the whole report to group by element ITEM_NAME which is a character in the ascending order. I tried several ways but it is not working properly.
I don't know how to upload the RTF template in this forum. I tried to post the XML Code and since its excceds 30000 characters i cant post it in the forum.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sandeep

You can't upload the template here; you can post a part of the relevant XML code and template code here.
or send me a sample XML and RTF template to [email protected] and I will take a look.

How to sort Data in XML template (rtf) file?

Hi, I have an oracle 11i custom report (rdf) with an xml output to a PDF. There is a formula column in the report. Now I need the data to be sorted on this formula column. As we cannot sort on formula column, i have decided to find a way to sort it in the data in the XML template. But I don't really know how to sort and also where to specify the sort tag in the rtf file. I appreciate your response.
Databse version : 9.2.0.8.0
E-Biz Version : 11.5.10.2
Oracle Reports Version : 6.0.8.27.0
Oracle BI version : 10.1.3.2.1
Note : I posted this question under : XML General forum also. But did not get any response. I assumed that may be thats not the right place to post it as my report is in e-Biz environment.

Hi
As long as you don't have your ^field commands grouped inside a ^group the order in the .dat file is not important. Your last command
^field BG_DOC_LN__LN_AM
246624.12
should populate field BG_DOC_LN_AM wherever you place it on your form. Obviously you need to name the fields according to your ^field commands and not just use tab (move to next field).
Shout if this was not what you are asking.
Stale Sodal

XML Dataset - Sorting non english characters

I've been playing with spry on a production site for more
than a year now. It's turned out to be a great solution in many
situations in spite of being a beta release.
I've found an issue concerning the sorting of text data (in
this case, coming from an XML file). You can find the example page
here:
http://mi.esan.edu.pe/elecciones/2008/electores/.
It's in Spanish but i guess you won't need a translation to
understand what's going on; besides you can always check the source
code if so you wish.
Works fine, though I still have some polishing to do. The
most important part of which is fixing the sort order that spry
gives me by default.
If you click on the "go to last page link" (»), located
below the table/dataset area, you will see that after letter Z come
the words, in this case last names, starting with letter A, but
with a tilde on them. I've devised a workaround, but that requires
creating an extra column with everything converted to only English
characters. My list is already 4000 records long and takes a few
seconds to load. It's definitely going to get much longer in the
years to come and I wish I will be able to give my users the
ability to sort by any column they wish. So, I can't just be adding
columns and duplicating data all around.
Is there a way to tell spry that Á should be sorted as
if it was A (not after A, not before it, and definitely not at the
end of the list), that Ñ should come right after N, and so on?
I will very much appreciate your answer.
Regards,
Jose

Thank you very much for your reply, Kin.
Sad thing that there wasn't a solution, though.
But, then I guess you must be aware that spry is being used
and will be used by a huge ammount of non English speaking clients
of Adobe. Namely those of us that have Spanish, French, German,
Japanese, Chinese or any other as their primary language. And all
of us would greatly appreciate a not so English-centered solution,
for such a commonplace feature as sorting is.
Given this situation, what chances do you think there are
that Adobe will be developping the necessary language specific
plugins for spry's sorting capabilities? And, how soon would that
be?
In the meantime, I will start trying to do it myself. It
would be fantastic if you coukd give me any hints on how to start,
javascript is not my strongest point but I think I can crack it out
and have a little fun while I'm at it, too.
Regards,
Jose

How to use XmlModify to sort the XML Data?

Hello,
I saw some examples explain how to use XmlModify in BDB XML package. I want to sort the XML data by several elements but my Java program could not work correctly.
<CustomerData>
<Transaction>
<DLSFIELDS>
<ADR_PST_CD>12345</ADR_PST_CD>
<CLT_IRD_NBR>002</CLT_IRD_NBR>
</DLSFIELDS>
</Transaction>
<Transaction>
<DLSFIELDS>
<ADR_PST_CD>12345</ADR_PST_CD>
<CLT_IRD_NBR>102</CLT_IRD_NBR>
</DLSFIELDS>
</Transaction>
// many nodes like transaction ...
</CustomerData>
My XQuery script was executed successfully in the shell. The script looks as follows:
"for $i in collection('sample.dbxml')/CustomerData/Transaction order by xs:decimal($i//ADR_PST_CD), xs:decimal($i//CLT_IRD_NBR) return $i".
The Java code :
// create XmlManager
XmlManager manager = // ...;
// open XmlContainer
XmlContainer container = // ...;
XmlQueryContext context = manager.createQueryContext(XmlQueryContext.LiveValues, XmlQueryContext.Eager);
XmlQueryExpression expression = manager.prepare("for $i in collection('sample.dbxml')/CustomerData/Transaction order by xs:decimal($i//ADR_PST_CD),xs:decimal($i//CLT_IRD_NBR) return $i", context);
XmlModify modify = manager.createModify();
XmlUpdateContext uc = manager.createUpdateContext();
XmlDocument xmldoc = container.getDocument("sample.xml");
XmlValue value = new XmlValue(xmldoc);
long numMod = modify.execute(value, context, uc);
System.out.println("Peformed " + numMod + " modification operations");
Could you point out the errors above or offer some suggestion?
Thanks.

I have other question of the sorting issue. Here are a large XML need to sort so I have to split it to multiple small XML files. After importing these files, I will use the XmlModify and XQuery to sort them. I'm not clear on the multiple XML files processing.
1. Can the BDB XML ensure that all these XML files were sorted or how to update all documents with same logic.
2. If I want export all these sorted documents, how can I ensure these files processed in sequence? Which document needs process first?
The export method:
public void export(String outputfile)throws Exception{
final int BLOCK_SIZE = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5Mb
try{
File theFile = new File(outputfile);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(theFile);
byte[] buff= new byte[BLOCK_SIZE];
XmlResults rs = container.getAllDocuments(new XmlDocumentConfig());
while(rs.hasNext()){
 XmlDocument xmlDoc = rs.next().asDocument();
 XmlInputStream inputStream = xmlDoc.getContentAsXmlInputStream();
 long read=0;
 while(true){
 read = inputStream.readBytes(buff, BLOCK_SIZE);
fos.write(buff,0,(int)read);
 if(read < BLOCK_SIZE) break;
inputStream.delete();
xmlDoc.delete();
rs.delete();
//MUST CLOSE!
fos.close();
catch(Exception e){
System.err.println("Error exporting file from container " + container);
System.err.println(" Message: " + e.getMessage());
Thanks.

URGENT:Sorting in XML Publisher

Hi,
i am trying to get the section data into a variable using the below.
<?variable@incontect:hg;xdoxslt:distinct_values(/SAS_DATA/LIST_WEEKLY/WEEKLY/TYPE)?> , can i do something here so that i get the TYPE values in the SORT ascending.below is the sample data.
<SAS_DATA>
<LIST_WEEKLY>
<WEEKLY>
<BUS_GRP>FBC</BUS_GRP>
<BUS_GRP_SO>1</BUS_GRP_SO>
<MNGD_FLAG>Fidelity Managed</MNGD_FLAG>
<DISC_DSC>Long-Term</DISC_DSC>
<TYPE>Bond</TYPE>
<SORT_ORDER>2</SORT_ORDER>
<FLOWS>44.83</FLOWS>
</WEEKLY>
</LIST_WEEKLY>
</SAS_DATA>
Thanks in advance

You can't upload the template here; you can post a part of the relevant XML code and template code here.
or send me a sample XML and RTF template to [email protected] and I will take a look.

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