Thanks David, I will give it a go. You the man.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gassner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 9:30 PM
Subject: RE: XML Question
> Sean, I got Allaire's example working. I found these problems based on
the
> version I copied from the Allaire website:
>
> 1. If you copy the example XSL file from the website, the
<xsl:stylesheet>
> tag's xmlns:xsl attribute value is broken into 2 lines, causing the xsl
> processor to fail completely. Instead of doing the transformation, it was
> just outputting the content of the original xsl file. The namespace needs
> to be in a continuous line, as follows:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
> 2. The printWriter class wasn't being closed, so the file containing the
> wddx was never being flushed to disk. I added the following to the end of
> the code:
>
> <cfset printWriter.close()>
>
> 3. The resulting processed file wasn't being read into a CF variable, so
I
> added:
>
> <cffile action="read"
> file="[path]wddx_test.wddx"
> variable="wddx">
>
> 4. Next, when I tried to run <cfwddx> to transform the wddx to a
structure,
> I got:
>
> Error Diagnostic Information
> unknown exception condition
> TagCFWddx::execute
>
> There was an error in the XSL file: the "item" element was being mapped to
a
> named structure; since it was a structure within an array, it couldn't
take
> a name, causing the WDDX parser to fail. I corrected the XSL file, and
> everything now works. Here's my corrected XSL file:
>
> ************************
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
> <!-- Match invoice root & emit WDDX packet wrapper -->
> <xsl:template match="/invoice">
> <wddxPacket version="1.0">
> <header/>
> <data>
> <struct>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </struct>
> </data>
> </wddxPacket>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> <!-- Process all elements that map to array variables -->
> <xsl:template match="billableHours">
> <var name="{name(.)}">
> <array length="{count(*)}">
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </array>
> </var>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <!-- Process all elements that map to struct variables -->
> <xsl:template match="invoice|contractorInfo|address">
> <var name="{name(.)}">
> <struct>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </struct>
> </var>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> <!-- Process structures inside arrays (no names) -->
> <xsl:template match="item">
> <struct>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </struct>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <!-- Process all elements that map to string variables -->
> <xsl:template
> match="firstName|lastName|street|city|state|zip|country|voice|fax|email|
> description|currency">
> <var name="{name(.)}">
> <string>
> <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
> </string>
> </var>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <!-- Process all elements that map to number variables -->
> <xsl:template match="invoiceID|employeeID|hours|amount">
> <var name="{name(.)}">
> <number>
> <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
> </number>
> </var>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <!-- Process all elements that map to date-time variables -->
> <xsl:template match="dateSubmitted|date">
> <var name="{name(.)}">
> <string>
> <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
> </string>
> </var>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> ************************
>
> I'll pass this info to the folks at Allaire.
> --David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Renet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 5:53 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: XML Question
> >
> >
> > yes, you would think someone would have tested the knowledge base
article.
> > I though it necessary to point this out as you directed someone that
asked
> > how to parse an XML file into CFML to your article which
> > references this doc
> > as the means to do such.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Gassner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 11:27 AM
> > Subject: RE: XML Question
> >
> >
> > > Interesting; I never actually tested Allaire's approach, but
> > included the
> > > reference in my article for the sake of completeness. My
> > article focuses
> > on
> > > parsing xml file's document object model, rather than
> > translation with xls
> > > (which the knowledgebase article deals with).
> > >
> > > Side note: I've been playing with IBM's java-based xerces processor
from
> > > <cfobject> and have been having some good results.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sean Renet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 11:09 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: XML Question
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David,
> > > > The "Tech Note" you are refering to "
> > > > www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?ID=14244&Method=Full#1020244 "
> > > > does not
> > > > work. I have an open incident with Allaire, wherein they are
> > trying to
> > > > figure out why. Evidently after they fix the problem they
> > are going to
> > > > update the knowledge base article.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "David Gassner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 7:29 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: XML Question
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Bob, I wrote an article on using the MS XMLDOM COM object with
> > > > CF to parse
> > > > > conventional XML files; it's at:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.sys-con.com/xml/archives/0102/gassner/index.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Take a look and email me off-list if you need any clarification.
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Robert Everland III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:22 PM
> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Subject: XML Question
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ok I get the gist on how to use WDDX, but how would I
> > read in an XML
> > > > > > document? Same prinipal, 3rd party utility?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bob Everland
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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