We didn't have the exact same problem, but it sounds very similar. In our case, since it was mapping these types of fields to value types in .NET, it would throw an exception if they were NULL in Remedy, because value types can't be null in .NET. I don't recall if we tried using the settings you suggested. Perhaps our issue was due to not having that defined correctly.
Lyle -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of maggie2007 Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:19 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: serialize webservice response error:The string '' is not a valid AllXsd value. Lyle, did you have the same problem as I described? For integer field, datetime field, it is ok as long as you set nillable=true, minOccurs=0 on the output mapping. But for drop-down list field (which is enumeration type in WSDL), the value cannot be empty. I found out that the workaround is to add an empty enumeration value. This way even customer select "(clear)" for that drop-down list field, serialization will be ok on my .Net client. The .NET framework for working with web services creates a class that represents the web service for use in your application. Selection fields (or dates or other numerical fields) get represented by numbers, DateTimes, or enums which can't be null in .NET, because they are value types and not reference types. As a result, any time you try to retrieve a record that has NULL in one of those fields, you will get an error. The work around we found was to manually edit the WSDL after you create the web service and change the type of all of those fields to a string. String is a reference type and can be null, so you will no longer get the error. If you need to work with the values in the correct data type in your .NET code, you can convert the string to the desired data type after retrieving it from the web service and then work with it that way. Lyle -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/serialize-webservice-response-error%3AThe-string-%27%27-is-not-a-valid-AllXsd-value.-tp22936482p22950310.html Sent from the ARS (Action Request System) mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
