XML.SQLExport Example

The following type of call to XML.SQLExport:

INVOKE    xml.SQLExport

WITH

SELECT    'yes' useioformats

,         t1.col1 a

,         t2.col1 b

,         decode(

             t1.col1

          ,  t2.col1

          ,  'b'

          ,  'c' 

          ) decoded

FROM      mytable t1

,         yourtable t2

WHERE     t1.id = t2.id

returns the following type of XML document:

<SQLXMLExport>

    <Meta>

      <OutputExpressions>

        <Column TableName="MYTABLE" TableAlias="t1" Name="COL1" Alias="a"/>

        <Column TableName="YOURTABLE" TableAlias="t2" Name="COL1" Alias="b"/>

        <Expression Alias="decoded">decode(t1.col2, t2.col2, "b" ) </Expression>

      </OutputExpressions>

    </Meta>

    <Rows>

      <Row>

      <Field Alias="a">1</Field>

      <Field Alias="b">1</Field>

      <Field Alias="decoded">b</Field>

      </Row>

      <Row>

        <Field Alias="a">4</Field>

        <Field Alias="b">2</Field>

        <Field Alias="decoded">c</Field>

      </Row>

    </Rows>

</SQLXMLExport>

For a detailed description of elements in this output, see "XML Output Description".