I think this approach is much better as you can solve everything on server itself. About your question on http request I don't know. Sorry for that. :( Maybe there is a module for Postgresql which can enable you to make http calls? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 17:15, Andrus <kobruleht2@xxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you. > I got also the following code: > > First import the XML into a staging table: > > CREATE TABLE xml_import > ( > xml_data xml > ) > > with product_list as ( > select > unnest(xpath('/soap12:Envelope/soap12:Body/pl:GetProductListResponse/pl:GetProductListResult/pl:ProductList/pl:Product', > xml_data, > ARRAY[ array['xsd', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'], > array['soap12', 'http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soapenvelope'], > array['pl', 'http://xxx.yy.zz/']])) as product > from xml_import > ) > select (xpath('/Product/SupplierCode/text()', product)::varchar[])[1] as > suppliercode, > (xpath('/Product/SegmentId/text()', product)::varchar[])[1] as > segmentid, > (xpath('/Product/PartNumber/text()', product)::varchar[])[1] as > partnumber, > to_number((xpath('/Product/Price/text()', product)::varchar[])[1], > '99999.99999') as price, > to_number((xpath('/Product/GrossWeight/text()', > product)::varchar[])[1], '9999.9999') as weight > from product_list > > Looks simpler than using XmlReader, isn't it? > How to invoke asmx web service call (= http POST request) from > PostgreSql server which reads http response to xml_import table ? > > How to call stored procedure periodically after every one hour in server? > > In this case we can create stored procedure, client side code is not > nessecary at > all. > > Andrus. > > -----Algsõnum----- From: Francisco Figueiredo Jr. > Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 9:38 PM > To: Andrus Moor > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How to add xml data to table > > I think your best bet would be to go with XmlReader as it provides a > fast read only parsing of the document. > > From MS doc about linq to xml: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb387048.aspx > > "XmlReader is a fast, forward-only, non-caching parser. > > LINQ to XML is implemented on top of XmlReader, and they are tightly > integrated. However, you can also use XmlReader by itself. > > For example, suppose you are building a Web service that will parse > hundreds of XML documents per second, and the documents have the same > structure, meaning that you only have to write one implementation of > the code to parse the XML. In this case, you would probably want to > use XmlReader by itself. > > In contrast, if you are building a system that parses many smaller XML > documents, and each one is different, you would want to take advantage > of the productivity improvements that LINQ to XML provides." > > > I think your case fits the first example. > > This way you could use xmlreader to extract the values and then fill > NpgsqlParameter values and execute the insert command. > > I hope it helps. > > > > 2011/10/7 Andrus Moor <eetasoft@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> soap response below contains table of products, approx 5000 rows. >> Table of products (below) is nearly similar structure as xml data. >> >> Products table needs to be updated from xml data in every hour. >> >> How to add this xml data to table of products ? >> >> Should I use xpath() function or any other ides ? >> Using npgsql and C# in ASP .NET / Mono. >> >> Andrus. >> >> >> CREATE TABLE products ( >> SupplierCode char(20) primary key, >> SegmentId char(8), >> GroupId char(8), >> ClassId char(8), >> SeriesId char(8), >> VendorId char(2), >> PartNumbrt char(27), >> Name Text, >> Warranty Numeric(6,2), >> Price Numeric(10,4), >> Quantity Numeric(8,2) >> ) >> >> Data which is required to add looks like: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >> <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >> xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soapenvelope"> >> <soap12:Body> >> <GetProductListResponse xmlns="http://xxx.yy.zz/"> >> <GetProductListResult> >> <ProductList> >> <Product> >> <SupplierCode>001982</SupplierCode> >> <SegmentId>65000000</SegmentId> >> <GroupId>65010000</GroupId> >> <ClassId>65010200</ClassId> >> <SeriesId>10001125</SeriesId> >> <VendorId>AM</VendorId> >> <PartNumber>ADA3000BIBOX</PartNumber> >> <Name>AMD Athlon64 3000+ (1800MHz/L2 Cache 512KB) Socket 939, BOX</Name> >> <Warranty>36</Warranty> >> <Price>196.00000</Price> >> <Quantity>0</Quantity> >> <DateExpected>1999-01-01T00:00:00</DateExpected> >> <IsNewProduct>true</IsNewProduct> >> </Product> >> <Product> >> <SupplierCode>001512</SupplierCode> >> <SegmentId>65000000</SegmentId> >> <GroupId>65010000</GroupId> >> <ClassId>65010200</ClassId> >> <SeriesId>10001125</SeriesId> >> <VendorId>AM</VendorId> >> Acme API Specification v 1.0 >> 13 >> <PartNumber>ADA3000AXBOX</PartNumber> >> <Name>AMD Athlon64 3000+ (2000MHz/1600MHz/L2 Cache 512KB) Socket 754, >> BOX</Name> >> <Warranty>36</Warranty> >> <Price>296.00000</Price> >> <Quantity>0</Quantity> >> <GrossWeight>3.6000</GrossWeight> >> <DateExpected>1999-01-01T00:00:00</DateExpected> >> <IsNewProduct>false</IsNewProduct> >> </Product> >> </ProductList> >> </GetProductListResult> >> </GetProductListResponse> >> </soap12:Body> >> </soap12:Envelope> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Francisco Figueiredo Jr. > Npgsql Lead Developer > http://www.npgsql.org > http://gplus.to/franciscojunior > http://fxjr.blogspot.com > http://twitter.com/franciscojunior > -- Regards, Francisco Figueiredo Jr. Npgsql Lead Developer http://www.npgsql.org http://gplus.to/franciscojunior http://fxjr.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/franciscojunior -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general