openxml xml parser error

[former_SQLA_member1694948]

Hello!

When using "openxml" on results of the Google Geocoding API, I receive an XML parser error with the message "Invalid control character" for certain address details. Here's an example:

select * from openxml("CallGoogleapi"('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=pasica+75000+tuzla&language=en'),'/GeocodeR... with("lat" long varchar 'text()')

with "CallGoogleapi" defined as

FUNCTION "CallGoogleapi"( in "sLocation" long varchar ) 
returns xml
url '!sLocation!'
type 'HTTP:GET'

What can I do, so that openxml does not geerate this error?

Thanks in advance!

Dirk

[Vlad]

There is the ENCODING option in the help article: http://dcx.sap.com/index.html#sqla170/en/html/817205cf6ce21014a949c790fd6b0608.html Can you please try to use UTF-8 in this operator?

[Breck_Carter]

Try it with one exclamation: url '!sLocation'

[former_SQLA_member1694948]

Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately, I continue to receive the same error message.

select * from openxml("CallGoogleapi"('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=pasica+75000+tuzla&language=de@region=de'),'/GeocodeResponse/result/geometry/location/lat') with("lat" long nvarchar 'text()') OPTION (encoding="UTF-8")

returns still the same error.

[former_SQLA_member1694948]

Thanks, but unfortunately this did not help either.

[Former Member]

I suggest to have a look at the XML document returned from the API, ideally in an XML aware editor / viewer which visualizes the document structure.

HTH
Volker
DB-TecKnowledgy