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XML Soap Call Formatting Data with Coldfusion

I am pulling data from an outsite database via an xml soap call.

The current data that I am working with is a calendar of events (venues). Each venue has user defined attributes that that are associated with them. These will be output in a ordered list.

I have the code setup to list the venue in a query using queryNew, but I can't figure out to manage the attributes and associate them with the correct venue.

There are multiple attributes for each venue. Some values are string values some are Boolean (I provided the code with a dump - sorry it is slow because of the dump). For example Visa and Mastercard are Boolean values. If true (1), they will get listed. Start Date, End Date, file Logo are string values.

To me the data for the attributes needs to be a separate query where the venue ID is associated with the attribute, but I can't figure it out.

The code below shows what I have done so far and will provide dumps of the data:

<cfsavecontent variable="GetVenuesByVenueDefBody">
	<cfoutput>
		<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
          <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
            <soap:Header>
              <AuthorizeHeader xmlns="http://ws.idssasp.com/venue.asmx">
                <UserName>burnsville</UserName>
                <Password>618b86b9-6ea0-421d-b4e4-a755619a5f53</Password>
              </AuthorizeHeader>
            </soap:Header>
            <soap:Body>
              <GetVenuesByVenueDef xmlns="http://ws.idssasp.com/venue.asmx">
                <venueDefID>43</venueDefID>
                <includeAddresses>false</includeAddresses>
                <includeSpaces>false</includeSpaces>
                <includeConfigs>false</includeConfigs>
                <includeAttributes>true</includeAttributes>
                <includeSpaceAttributes>false</includeSpaceAttributes>
              </GetVenuesByVenueDef>
            </soap:Body>
          </soap:Envelope>
	</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>

<cfhttp
	url="http://ws.idssasp.com/Venue.asmx"
	method="post"
	result="httpResponse">
    <cfhttpparam
        type="header"
        name="SOAPAction"
        value="http://ws.idssasp.com/Venue.asmx/GetVenuesByVenueDef"
        />
    <cfhttpparam
        type="header"
        name="accept-encoding"
        value="no-compression"
        />
    <cfhttpparam
		type="xml"
		value="#trim( GetVenuesByVenueDefBody )#"
		/>
</cfhttp>

<!--- Parse the XML SOAP response. --->
<cfset GetVenuesByVenueDefParsed = xmlParse( httpResponse.fileContent ) />

<cfset events = GetVenuesByVenueDefParsed["soap:Envelope"]["soap:Body"]["GetVenuesByVenueDefResponse"]["GetVenuesByVenueDefResult"].XmlChildren>

<cfdump var="#events#">


<cfset getEvents = QueryNew("VenueID, VenueName, VenueComments, AccountID, AccountName, Phone, SecondaryPhone")>

<cfloop FROM="1" TO="#arrayLen(events)#" index="i">
	<cfset venueValues = events[i].XmlChildren>
	<cfset accountValues = events[i]["VenueAccount"].XmlChildren>
    <cfset attributeValues = events[i]["Attributes"]["Attribute"].XmlChildren>

	<cfset queryAddRow(getEvents)>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "VenueID", venueValues[1]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "VenueName", venueValues[3]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "VenueComments", venueValues[3]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "AccountID", accountValues[1]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "AccountName", accountValues[3]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "Phone", accountValues[7]["XmlText"])>
	<cfset querySetCell(getEvents, "SecondaryPhone", accountValues[8]["XmlText"])>
</cfloop>

<cfdump var="#getEvents#">

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What's your version, 8 or 9?

lonnyo

ASKER

Coldfusion 9

_agx_

CF9 should support a slightly more friendly syntax for accessing child elements. Start with something like the code below and we can refine it.

If true (1), they will get listed. Start Date, End Date, file Logo are string values.

EDIT: So you want to skip the attributes whe type/boolean = 0 and type/string=(empty string)?

 ... pre parsing ...
<cfset getEvents = QueryNew("VenueID, VenueName, VenueComments, AccountID, AccountName, Phone, SecondaryPhone")>
<cfset getAttributes = queryNew("VenueID,DisplayName,Type,Value")>

<cfloop array="#events#" index="venueNode">
	<cfset accountValues = venueNode["VenueAccount"]>
	<cfset attributesArray = venueNode["Attributes"].xmlChildren>
	<cfset CurrentVenueID =  venueNode['VenueID'].XmlText>
	
	<cfset row = queryAddRow(getEvents, 1)>
	<cfset getEvents.VenueID[row] = CurrentVenueID>
	<cfset getEvents.VenueName[row] = venueNode['VenueName'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.VenueComments[row] =  venueNode['VenueComments'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.AccountID[row] = accountValues['AccountID'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.AccountName[row] = accountValues['AccountName'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.Phone[row] = accountValues['Phone'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.SecondaryPhone[row] = accountValues['SecondaryPhone'].XmlText >
	
	<cfloop array="#attributesArray#" index="AttributeNode">
		<cfset type       = AttributeNode["Type"].xmlText>
		<cfset value      = trim(AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText)>

		<cfif type eq "boolean" and value eq 1>
			<cfset includeAttribute = true>
		<cfelseif type eq "string" and len(value)>
			<cfset includeAttribute = true>
		<cfelse>
			<cfset includeAttribute = false>
		</cfif>		
		
		<cfif includeAttribute>			
			<cfset row = queryAddRow(getAttributes, 1)>
			<cfset getAttributes.VenueID[row] = CurrentVenueID>
			<cfset getAttributes.DisplayName[row] = AttributeNode["DisplayName"].xmlText>
			<cfset getAttributes.Type[row] = AttributeNode["Type"].xmlText>
			<cfset getAttributes.Value[row] = AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText>
		</cfif>
		
	</cfloop>
</cfloop>

<!--- only display the first few results so it doesn't take so long --->
<cfdump var="#getEvents#" top="5">
<cfdump var="#getAttributes#" top="100">

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lonnyo

ASKER

Thank you so much. I apologize for the delay. This looks like it is working. I just want to make sure I don't have any questions before I close it out.

_agx_

No worries, it's good to be extra sure when it comes to XML .

lonnyo

ASKER

Now I am trying to get the "Start Date" and "End Date" as part of the Events Query. I have provided the updated code below. It is only providing the date for the first row and End Date only - otherwise an empty string.

I wrapped these two fields with CreateODBCDate() so I can order them by the Start Date.

I wrapped these cfsets with try catch because the database I am pulling from does not validate these fields as dates (one of them has April spelled wrong and then produces an error without the try catch).

Also, how do I order these in order of the start date with? Do I need to do a query of query?

Thanks

lonnyo

ASKER

Forgot the code:

<cfset getEvents = QueryNew("VenueID, VenueName, VenueComments, AccountID, AccountName, Phone, SecondaryPhone, StartDate, EndDate")>
<cfset getAttributes = queryNew("VenueID,DisplayName,Type,Value")>

<cfloop array="#events#" index="venueNode">
	<cfset accountValues = venueNode["VenueAccount"]>
	<cfset attributesArray = venueNode["Attributes"].xmlChildren>
	<cfset CurrentVenueID =  venueNode['VenueID'].XmlText>
	
	<cfset row = queryAddRow(getEvents, 1)>
	<cfset getEvents.VenueID[row] = CurrentVenueID>
	<cfset getEvents.VenueName[row] = venueNode['VenueName'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.VenueComments[row] =  venueNode['VenueComments'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.AccountID[row] = accountValues['AccountID'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.AccountName[row] = accountValues['AccountName'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.Phone[row] = accountValues['Phone'].XmlText >
	<cfset getEvents.SecondaryPhone[row] = accountValues['SecondaryPhone'].XmlText >
    
	
	<cfloop array="#attributesArray#" index="AttributeNode">
		<cfset type       = AttributeNode["Type"].xmlText>
		<cfset value      = trim(AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText)>

		<cfif type eq "boolean" and value eq 1>
			<cfset includeAttribute = true>
		<cfelseif type eq "string" and len(value)>
			<cfset includeAttribute = true>
		<cfelse>
			<cfset includeAttribute = false>
		</cfif>		
		
		<cfif includeAttribute>			
                <cfif AttributeNode["DisplayName"].xmlText EQ "Start Date">
                    <cftry>
                    <cfset getEvents.StartDate[row] = CreateODBCDate(AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText)>
                    <cfcatch></cfcatch>
                    </cftry>
                <cfelseif AttributeNode["DisplayName"].xmlText EQ "End Date">
                    <cftry>
                    <cfset getEvents.EndDate[row] = CreateODBCDate(AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText)>
                    <cfcatch></cfcatch>
                    </cftry>
                <cfelse>
                	<cfset row = queryAddRow(getAttributes, 1)>
					<cfset getAttributes.VenueID[row] = CurrentVenueID>
                    <cfset getAttributes.DisplayName[row] = AttributeNode["DisplayName"].xmlText>
                    <cfset getAttributes.Value[row] = AttributeNode["Value"].xmlText>
                    <cfset getAttributes.Type[row] = AttributeNode["Type"].xmlText>
                </cfif>
		</cfif>
	</cfloop>
</cfloop>

<!--- only display the first few results so it doesn't take so long --->
<cfdump var="#getEvents#" top="5">
<cfdump var="#getAttributes#" top="100">

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lonnyo

ASKER

I have the dates associated with the the first query now. I need to evaluate this again tomorrow with a fresh brain. I think I am close now. I really appreciate your help.

_agx_

Yeah, my brain is shot for the day :) I'll check back tomorrow and see how it goes.

lonnyo

ASKER

I think this is working good. May need more help on some other things, but I will close this out so you can get your points. Again, thanks for the help.

_agx_

You're welcome!