Xsql command line and stored PL/SQL procedures

Question

I have an xsql servlet that calls a stored procedure in an Oracle 8.1.7 DB to generate XML. The servlet then uses a custom action handler to write the XML output to a file on the webserver.
This system works just fine through a web page interface. I am interesting in using the xsql command line interface to run the servlet as a nightly cron to keep the xml file up to date.
It seems that the xsql command line interface cannot execute stored procedures.
The xsql file is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page connection="studev" xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
<xsql:include-owa subj="AR" bind-params="subj">
studev.CTLGDSET.P_ADD_DEPT_DRIVER(?);
</xsql:include-owa>
<xsql:write-to-file file="{@subj}.xml" dir="{@dir}" base-tag="/page/SUBJECT/"/>
</page>and the output written to the file is
<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<page xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
<xsql:include-owa subj="AR" bind-params="subj">
studev.CTLGDSET.P_ADD_DEPT_DRIVER(?);
</xsql:include-owa>
<xsql:write-to-file file="{@subj}.xml" dir="{@dir}" base-tag="/page/SUBJECT/"/>
</page>Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.
-Eric Dalquist

Answer 1

Ok. I looked into the problem. The issue is that the Action Handler for <xsql:include-owa> conditionally passes on information about cookies and such to the OWA package context if you happen to be using XSQL through the Servlet interface.
If you are not using XSQL through the servlet interface, things still work, but the class that implements the include-owa action handler still has a load-time dependency on the "servlet.jar" (even if you don't end up using it).
So, the workaround is to add a copy of the Servlet SDK jar file "servlet.jar" to your CLASSPATH of the XSQL Command Line utility, and it works fine.
XSQL 9.0.2 Beta (due out this week I believe on OTN) has been tested with FOP 0.18.1, but XSQL 1.0.4.3 Production and XSQL 9.0.1 production should both work with 0.18.1 as well.