Thats actually the first thing I tried. I passed in the ms soap version of the dataset but still didnt work.
I think I only have one option and that is to build up the soap request (xml) manually and post it myself, removing teh need for KSoap. 2009/10/19 gjs <garyjamessi...@gmail.com> > > Hi again, > > You could reverse engineer this to some extent by generating a proxy > for a client of the webservice then use ,something like wire shark to > monitor/capture what is passed between the client and the webservice. > I guess it might be an xml representation of the Dataset that gets > passed. You can facilitate this if you have an instance of a Dataset > by outputing/saving itself in XML format. This would all be done in > a .net environment. After this you could work out what an android > implementation of a client would need to pass and whether ksoap can > help. As you probably know a ms Dataset is a heavy weight > representation of a database or partial database including a schema > definition, an object that cannot be 'instantiated' in java, which is > generally used in a homogeneous .net environment. > > Webservices like a lot of other things suffer a Microsoft > implementation and other open source implementations which are by (ms) > design deliberately incompatible... > > Regards > > On Oct 19, 10:47 pm, Dave Gracie <david.gra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I might try emailing the guy who did the android ksoap port directly. > > > > the second parameter is just the value of the parameter. My issue is what > > structure / format should that value be to correctly send a dataset. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > Dave > > > > 2009/10/19 konic <nflous...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > You may try to ask this question directly to the android port of ksoap > > > (http://code.google.com/p/ksoap2-android/) > > > Next, if you look in ksoap2 docs (http://ksoap2.sourceforge.net/doc/ > > > api/org/ksoap2/serialization/SoapObject.html< > http://ksoap2.sourceforge.net/doc/%0Aapi/org/ksoap2/serialization/Soa...> > > > ) > > > you'll see that in fact second parameter in addProperty() is Object. > > > > > On 19 окт, 04:56, Dave <david.gra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > Thanks for the response. Its not an issue with the webservice as this > > > > works fine. the issue is with how I go about creating the ksoap > > > > parameter to be passed to the webservice. Simple types suck as > > > > strings, ints etc.. are fine. but the complex type of a dataset just > > > > isnt as straight forward. > > > > > > I just thought that someone may have had this problem with ksoap > > > > before. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Dave > > > > > > On Oct 19, 7:45 am, gjs <garyjamessi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I'd think your asking in the wrong forum, a (microsoft proprietary) > > > > > Dataset object is usually associated with .net development. > > > > > > > Where would your microsoft Dataset object be coming from for you to > > > > > send it from an android device to a dotnet webservice ? > > > > > > > Suggest you try more googling eg - > > > > > > > > http://www.blackberryforums.com/developer-forum/178964-25-00-someone-. > > > .. > > > > > > >http://osdir.com/ml/java.enhydra.ksoap/2003-07/msg00009.html > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 6:47 am, Dave <david.gra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Folks > > > > > > > > I know there are quite a few examples of accessing dotnet > webservices > > > > > > that return a dataset. I cannot find any examples there the > > > webservice > > > > > > method requires a dataset as a parameter. i.e. > > > > > > > > dotNet webservice: > > > > > > > > <WebMethod()> _ > > > > > > Public Function TestWS(ByVal ds As DataSet) As String > > > > > > Return ds.Tables.Count & " Tables in dataset" > > > > > > End Function > > > > > > > > I have tried adding the parameter of xml string of the dataset by > > > > > > capturing the http post content of a dotNet web page and > extracting > > > > > > the relevant section for the parameter without any success. This > > > > > > included the schema but neither having this there or not made any > > > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > I have also just tried creating a simple xml structure but still > > > > > > nothing. > > > > > > > > rpc.addProperty("ds","<ds><t1><f1>blah</f1></t1></ds>"); > > > > > > > > If anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated, I really dont > want > > > to > > > > > > go down the route of creating the soap xml and posting it myself. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Dave > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
