And one more queestion... I thought the EXT caused the system to 'use' the dictionary of the files being referenced:
<U2XML_extraction xmlns:U2xml="http://www.ibm.com/U2-xml";> <file_extraction start="/QUERY/TAXNAMES" dictionary="TESTING.XML" null="EMPTY" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_TAXID" path="ELEMENT,TAXID/text()" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_SCHDIST" path="ELEMENT,SCHDIST/text()" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_TAXNAME" path="ELEMENT,TAXNAME/text()" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_STARTDATE" path="ELEMENT,START_DATE/text()" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_STOPDATE" path="ELEMENT,STOP_DATE/text()" /> <field_extraction field="TAXNAMES_GEO" path="ELEMENT,GEO/text()" /> </U2XML_extraction> In my case, each of the 'field=' items point to a "D" item dictionary entry in the 'dictionary="TESTING.XML"' -- Yet I find that if I change the order of the field_extraction list, the data order of the resulting record on the XMLRead changes as well. Huh? Why am I going to the trouble to list a dictionary, and then the field names from the dictionary if that's not going to govern the Attribute the data is stored in? As the example above, the TAXNAMES_GEO is a "D" pointer to attribute 3 in the TESTING.XML file. But since I put it as the 6th line, it's showing up in the 6th attribute. I'm getting a valid, related MultiValue list of data from this process, it's just that I am discovering I could not have an import 'skip around' to build a resulting UniData record - that is - the extract above cannot update attributes 2, 12, 15, 17, 19, 3 -- it can only update 1,2,3,4,5,6 -- no skippeing aounrd attributes, and the 'field=' part does not appear have any 'use'. (Documentation? Decoration? I changed TAXNAMES_GEO to be TAXNAMES_DOG - same resulting record when it ran... Hmmmmm...) Something strikes me a wrong here - I thought the Prepare/Open/Read would essentially 'build' me a UniData item - and it does - but only an item that is a top down match to the EXT -- In that case, I can't see why it cares what 'dictionary=' or 'field=' are in use. Why ask/store all that if ultimately it does nothing? Am I being a clod and missing something? Inquiring Minds Need to Know! Thanks! David W. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
