SQL::ConnectionToXML Method

Syntax

XML_String as C = ToXML(SQLStatement as C [, Arguments as SQL::Arguments] [, RowsToCopy = -1 as N [, StartRow = 1 as N [, C documentname [, C rowname [,C header[, ColumnReferences as SQL::TableInfo [, UserContext as P]]]]]]])

Arguments

SQLStatementCharacter: SQL SELECT statement.
ArgumentsSQL::Arguments: A SQL::Arguments object. One or more arguments to be resolved when the SELECT statement is executed.
RowsToCopyNumeric: Default = -1 (all). The number of rows to copy.
StartRowNumeric: Default = -1 (first). The first row to copy.
documentnameCharacter: The tag for the document element. See example.
rownameCharacter: The tag for the row element. See example.
headerCharacter: The tag for the header element. See example.
ColumnReferencesSQL::TableInfo: A SQL::TableInfo object. When data is formatted for a column in the result set: (1) if ReferenceColumns has a column with a matching name, that object will be used to format the data; (2) otherwise the ColumnInfo property of the result set is used to format the data.
UserContextPointer: The user context is passed into the evaluation of the expression when data is formatted.

Returns

XML_StringCharacter: An XML version of the retrieved data.

Description

Fetch data to an XML formatted string using a SQL query.

Discussion

The ToXML() method fetches data to an XML formatted string using a SQL query.

Example

dim connString as C
dim args as SQL::Arguments
dim select_exp as C
dim data as C
select_exp = "select CustomerID, City, Region from Customers WHere country = 'USA'"
if .not. conn.open("::Name::AADemo-Northwind") then
    end
end if
if .not. conn.execute(select_exp) then
    end
end if
data = conn.toxml(select_exp, args, -1, 1, "DocName", "RowName", "HeaderName")
conn.close()

The XML data looks like this:

HeaderName
<DocName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>GREAL</CustomerID>
		<City>Eugene</City>
		<Region>OR</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>HUNGC</CustomerID>
		<City>Elgin</City>
		<Region>OR</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>LAZYK</CustomerID>
		<City>Walla Walla</City>
		<Region>WA</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>LETSS</CustomerID>
		<City>San Francisco</City>
		<Region>CA</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>LONEP</CustomerID>
		<City>Portland</City>
		<Region>OR</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>OLDWO</CustomerID>
		<City>Anchorage</City>
		<Region>AK</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>RATTC</CustomerID>
		<City>Albuquerque</City>
		<Region>NM</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>SAVEA</CustomerID>
		<City>Boise</City>
		<Region>ID</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>SPLIR</CustomerID>
		<City>Lander</City>
		<Region>WY</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>THEBI</CustomerID>
		<City>Portland</City>
		<Region>OR</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>THECR</CustomerID>
		<City>Butte</City>
		<Region>MT</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>TRAIH</CustomerID>
		<City>Kirkland</City>
		<Region>WA</Region>
	</RowName>
	<RowName>
		<CustomerID>WHITC</CustomerID>
		<City>Seattle</City>
		<Region>WA</Region>
	</RowName>
</DocName>