xDI

For many reasons, a read file action may be needed to iterate on a list of values and use the result as Bind values in the target action. 

A use case can be the integration of a file content in a database table (example below) :

SQLOperation READ FILE 

• Action expression :

  SELECT DiscountRanges.RANGE    DIS_RANGE,
        DiscountRanges.MIN DIS_MIN,
        DiscountRanges.MAX DIS_MAX
  FROM %x{$DiscountRanges/tech:name()}x%
  %x{$DiscountRanges/mdj:xpath(.,'AFTER_FROM')}x%

• SQL_CONNECTION parameter value :

  %connection{$DiscountRanges}%

• SQL_ACTION_TYPE parameter value :
  

  SELECT

SQLOperation INSERT DATA

• Action expression :

  insert into %x{$DIM_DISCOUNT/tech:physicalPath()}x%
  (
    DIS_RANGE,
    DIS_MIN,
    DIS_MAX
  )
  values
  (
    :{DIS_RANGE}:,
    :{DIS_MIN}:,
    :{DIS_MAX}:
  )

• SQL_ACTION_TYPE parameter value :

  INSERT

The expressions are using xPath (XML Path Language) to variabilize the objects information.

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The above Bind example is done for an SQLOperation as target action but it can also be applied to any target actions supporting Bind values like : scripting, delivery, OS Command, mail...