You don't say how complicated your XML is. If you're dealing with multiple levels, the following snippet from one of my programs demonstrates how to explode the header and detail type of stuff using common table expressions. By the way, we use SQL to build XML from DB2 files also.
with T1 as(
select XML_HDR.* from
(values(
xmlparse(document get_xml_file(:Filename))
)) as XMLFILE(data),
xmltable('/DATACOLLECTION/DATA' passing XMLFILE.data
columns
SHIPMENT char(10) default '' path 'SHIPMENT',
CREATEDATE char(20) default '' path 'CREATEDATE',
SCHEDDATE char(20) default '' path 'SCHEDDATE',
SHIPDATE char(20) default '' path 'SHIPPEDDATE',
DOOR char(20) default '' path 'DOOR',
CARRIER char(20) default '' path 'CARRIER',
TRAILER char(20) default '' path 'TRAILER',
VEHICLE char(20) default '' path 'VEHICLE',
LOADSTRDTE char(20) default '' path 'STARTLOADINGDATE',
DRIVER1 char(20) default '' path 'DRIVER1',
DRIVER2 char(20) default '' path 'DRIVER2',
SEAL1 char(20) default '' path 'SEAL1',
SEAL2 char(20) default '' path 'SEAL2',
NOTES char(255) default '' path 'NOTES',
TRANSREF char(20) default '' path 'TRANSPORTREFERENCE',
TRANSTYPE char(20) default '' path 'TRANSPORTTYPE',
BOL char(50) default '' path 'BOL',
PACKAGES XML path 'PACKAGES'
) as XML_HDR)
, T2 as(
select SHIPMENT,
CREATEDATE,
SCHEDDATE,
SHIPDATE,
DOOR,
CARRIER,
TRAILER,
VEHICLE,
LOADSTRDTE,
DRIVER1,
DRIVER2,
SEAL1,
SEAL2,
NOTES,
TRANSREF,
TRANSTYPE,
BOL,
xt2.*
from T1,
xmltable('/PACKAGES/PACKAGE' passing t1.PACKAGES
columns
PACKAGEID varchar(20) default '' path 'PACKAGEID',
MASTERPACK varchar(1) default '' path 'MASTERPACK',
PARENTPACK varchar(20) default '' path 'PARENTPACK',
BARCODE varchar(50) default '' path 'BARCODE',
SKUS XML path 'SKUS'
) xt2
)
, T3 as(
select SHIPMENT,
CREATEDATE,
ltrim(SCHEDDATE,x'25'),
SHIPDATE,
ltrim(DOOR,x'25'),
ltrim(CARRIER,x'25'),
ltrim(TRAILER,x'25'),
ltrim(VEHICLE,x'25'),
ltrim(LOADSTRDTE,x'25'),
ltrim(DRIVER1,x'25'),
ltrim(DRIVER2,x'25'),
ltrim(SEAL1,x'25'),
ltrim(SEAL2,x'25'),
ltrim(NOTES,x'25'),
ltrim(TRANSREF,x'25'),
ltrim(TRANSTYPE,x'25'),
ltrim(BOL,x'25'),
PACKAGEID,
MASTERPACK,
PARENTPACK,
ltrim(BARCODE,x'25'),
xt3.*
from T2,
xmltable('/SKUS/SKU' passing t2.SKUS
columns
ORDERID varchar(20) default '' path 'ORDERID',
ORDERLINE int default 0 path 'ORDERLINE',
REFERENCEORD varchar(20) default '' path 'REFERENCEORD',
REFERENCEORDLINE int default 0 path 'REFERENCEORDLINE',
PACKUNITS decimal(18,4) default 0 path 'PACKUNITS'
) xt3
)
select * from T3
where not exists
(select * from WSHH
where SHIPMENT=T3.SHIPMENT)
order by SHIPMENT;
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Mohan Eashver
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:44 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: How to Convert an XML in IFS directory to a DB2 file
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Hi All.
I have several RPG programs that produce XML files in IFS. They are generated using CGIDEV2.
I could change each of the RPG programs that generate XML, to also write to a DB2 File.
But I am looking at an easier solution.
Appreciate if you could share with us, any technique you played with, to convert the XML into a DB2 table.
----
Regards,
Mohan Eashver
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