====== Get_XML_Value function  ======


 
==== Description ====
 
(Introduced in OpenInsight 4.1.3).  Extracts tag values from records that have raw XML data stored in them.

 
==== Syntax ====
 
Get_XML_Value(Target_Tag, XML_Rec)
 
==== Parameters ====
 
The Get_XML_Value has the following parameters.

^Parameter^Description^
|//Target_Tag  //|The tag within the XML record from which you wish to extract values.\\ \\  \\ \\ Note:  XML tags are case sensitive.  However, the Target_Tag argument is not case sensitive.  ITEM_DESCRIPTIONS_ENTERED and item_descriptions_entered will both match to the tag, if it exists in the XML file.|
|//XML_Rec//|A variable containing the contents of the XML file after it has been read into memory.  See the example below.\\ \\ Note:  Multivalue fields are also delimited by value marks.||

 
==== Returns ====
 
A value-mark delimited list of values for the records in Target_Tag.
 
==== See Also ====
 
[[xml_importer|XML_Importer()]], [[extract_xml_schema_name|Extract_XML_Schema_Name()]], [[inet_oi_xml|Inet_OI_XML()]], [[create_xml_xsd_schema|Create_XML_XSD_Schema()]]
 
==== Example ====
 
<code>
/*

   After the Get_XML_Value() function is called, the variable

   item_descriptions will contain the values in the
item_descriptions_entered tag.

*/

 

declare function Get_XML_Value

filename = 'C:\orders.xml'

OSRead filerec from filename then

       item_descriptions = Get_XML_Value( 'item_descriptions_entered', filerec)

end
 
 
</code>