Re: XML-INTO and self-closing tags

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a bug to me.

What happens if you take it back to numeric and also add a count field and use countprefix?



> On Mar 3, 2020, at 7:57 AM, Maria Lucia Stoppa <mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I found a workaround, it doesn't explain why but this way data can be
> retrieved without error: instead of zoned the subfield TotaleColli is now
> defined char.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> Il giorno mar 3 mar 2020 alle ore 10:35 Maria Lucia Stoppa <
> mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx>> ha scritto:
>
> > Hello,
> > I am successfully using xml-into in many applications, but sometimes the
> > XML answer of a web service is like this:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <InfoLabel>
> > <Parcel>
> > <SiglaMittente>E3</SiglaMittente>
> > <NumeroSpedizione>800000009</NumeroSpedizione>
> > <TotaleColli>11</TotaleColli>
> > <TipoCollo />
> > <SiglaSedeDestino />
> > <DenominazioneMittente>GLS BOLOGNA</DenominazioneMittente>
> > <DenominazioneDestinatario>PROVA ETICHETTE</DenominazioneDestinatario>
> > <IndirizzoDestinatario>VIA DEL FONDITORE 2/7</IndirizzoDestinatario>
> > <CittaDestinatario>MILANO</CittaDestinatario>
> > <ProvinciaDestinatario>MI</ProvinciaDestinatario>
> > <DataSpedizione>03/03/20</DataSpedizione>
> > <DescrizioneSedeDestino>GLS Check</DescrizioneSedeDestino>
> > ...other xml data..
> > </Parcel>
> > <Parcel>
> > ...other xml data..
> > </Parcel>
> > </InfoLabel>
> >
> > where the difference is the presence of self-closing tags (likeTipoCollo
> > in the example). Other web services usually return both opening and closing
> > tags with a blank inside.
> >
> > When xml-into is executed it breaks with this error:
> > RNX0353 - The XML document does not match the RPG variable; reason code 8.
> > where
> > 8. The XML document contains data that cannot be successfully assigned to
> > the RPG variable. The RPG status code associated with the failure is 105.
> >  The exact subfield for which the error was detected is
> > "infolabel.parcel(1).tipocollo"
> >
> > The data structure is defined like this:
> > dcl-ds DsInfoLabel qualified inz;
> > SiglaMittente          char(2) inz;
> > NumeroSpedizione       zoned(9: 0) inz;
> > TotaleColli            zoned(2: 0) inz;
> > TipoCollo              zoned(1: 0) inz;
> > SiglaSedeDestino       char(4) inz;
> > ... other fields...
> > end-ds;
> > dcl-ds InfoLabel qualified inz;
> > NumParcel int(10) inz;
> > Parcel likeds(DsInfoLabel) dim(99);
> > end-ds;
> >
> > This is the operation code:
> > xml-into(e) InfoLabel %xml(resmsg_DATA: xmlopts);
> > where
> > xmlopts='doc=string trim=all case=any allowmissing=yes allowextra=yes
> > path=InfoLabel countprefix=Num'
> >
> > As far as I know, there isn't any other option that can be set to avoid
> > this situation.
> > Also, this web service must be used as-is.
> > Is there something else I can do??
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Maria Lucia Stoppa
> > mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -- 
>
> Maria Lucia Stoppa
> mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mlstoppa@xxxxxxxxx>
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