[2005] problem accessing xml webservice from SOAP Requests only?

Hello all,
i have built a web service using visual studio .net 2005, (language : VB).
this web service contains several method each returning a dataset.

when i try to access this webservice from any .net platform ( VB.net windows application or any asp.net page). it works very fine.

the problem is , we are now working with a foreign partner who uses saop requests from PHP on a linux platform to access our webservice. he simply can't. he can only get the schema for the web service which i think he got from the web service description itself.

is there any attribute that must be implemented on the web service from inside in order to enable access of non .net platforms on the service ?


thank yoooooooou

RGDS

I don't think there is anything special you have to do to enable you web service to be called from SOAP.

I have written a few web services that have been consumed from VBScripts and from external (non .Net) apps.

When you say "he simply can't", what do you mean? Is he getting error messages (i.e., invalid XML) or is he just not calling it properly?

When you browse out to your web service page and look at a specific function, does it have both a SOAP and an HTTP post function?

dear negative


http://urlaubstours.fox-egypt.com/service.asmx


here is the link to my service, it is already online. in its description as you can see by yourself, it allows soup 1.1 ad soup 1.2

thank you for your help :)

rgds

It is a pretty standard web service call, what is your developer saying that he cannot do?

that is copy of his email ( frankly i dont understand him) :

---------------------------------------------------------
have tested your WebService with soapRequests. It works fine, but i receive only an schema not valid data.


I have send the follow Request:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:typ="http://www.softexsw.info/GetHotelsData" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

<soapenv:Body>

<typ:GetHotelsData>

<GetHotelsData xmlns="http://www.softexsw.info/">

<Agentname>username1</Agentname>

<AgentPassword>password1</AgentPassword>

</GetHotelsData>

</typ:GetHotelsData>

</soapenv:Body>

</soapenv:Envelope>


And i have receive the follow response:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<soap:Body>

<GetHotelsDataResponse xmlns="http://www.softexsw.info/">

<GetHotelsDataResult>

<xs:schema id="Hotels" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">

<xs:element name="Hotels" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">

<xs:complexType>

<xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />

</xs:complexType>

</xs:element>

</xs:schema>

<diffgr:diffgram xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" xmlns:diffgr="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-diffgram-v1" />

</GetHotelsDataResult>

</GetHotelsDataResponse>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

------------------End if his message

in later email, he mentioned that he is using php pages on a linux platform

that is why i can't help him, i know nothing about webservices outside the .net framework :blush:

thank you again for your time

Well I tried calling it directly from SOAP and got the same response as your PHP developer.

I also created my own web service, which returned a dataset object and my SOAP response came back as expected:

Web Service Code:

Code:

---

    [WebMethod]
    public DataSet  HelloWorld() {
        DataSet myDS = new DataSet();
        DataTable myDT = myDS.Tables.Add();
        string[] x= { "1", "2" };

        myDT.Columns.Add("Col1");
        myDT.Columns.Add("Col2");

        for(int i = 0;i<5;i++)
            myDT.Rows.Add(x);

        return myDS;


    }

---

SOAP Response from that call

Code:

---

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
- <soap:Body>
- <HelloWorldResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
- <HelloWorldResult>
- <xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
- <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">
- <xs:complexType>
- <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
- <xs:element name="Table1">
- <xs:complexType>
- <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="Col1" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
  <xs:element name="Col2" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
  </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  </xs:choice>
  </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  </xs:schema>
- <diffgr:diffgram xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" xmlns:diffgr="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-diffgram-v1">
- <NewDataSet xmlns="">
- <Table1 diffgr:id="Table11" msdata:rowOrder="0" diffgr:hasChanges="inserted">
  <Col1>1</Col1>
  <Col2>2</Col2>
  </Table1>
- <Table1 diffgr:id="Table12" msdata:rowOrder="1" diffgr:hasChanges="inserted">
  <Col1>1</Col1>
  <Col2>2</Col2>
  </Table1>
- <Table1 diffgr:id="Table13" msdata:rowOrder="2" diffgr:hasChanges="inserted">
  <Col1>1</Col1>
  <Col2>2</Col2>
  </Table1>
- <Table1 diffgr:id="Table14" msdata:rowOrder="3" diffgr:hasChanges="inserted">
  <Col1>1</Col1>
  <Col2>2</Col2>
  </Table1>
- <Table1 diffgr:id="Table15" msdata:rowOrder="4" diffgr:hasChanges="inserted">
  <Col1>1</Col1>
  <Col2>2</Col2>
  </Table1>
  </NewDataSet>
  </diffgr:diffgram>
  </HelloWorldResult>
  </HelloWorldResponse>
  </soap:Body>
  </soap:Envelope>

---

ok then,

any suggessytions, What did i do wrong ????

and always thank you for your help and time

Dear negative,
can you post the original request you that resulted this respond. i need to check it because i dont think the problem is in the service . i think they are doing the request wrong

thank you again.

I don't have a copy of it in front of me (it is on my home machine), but I hacked up this app by visual ad to do the HTTP post:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=334645

I just made the HTTP post look exactly like the example post in the SOAP example on the web service function page.