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[chrisw]

Hi,

I'm using the COBOL XML PARSER (XML-PARSE stmt) for the first time and attempting to parse a document that has the same element tag <RqUID> in multiple places throughout the XML doc. For example...

<BankSvcRq>
<RqUID>123-456-789</RqUID>
<AcctInqRq>
<RqUID>454-123-987</RqUID>
</AcctInqRq>
</BankSvcRq>

Is there some mechanism/feature of the XML PARSER that will allow me to differentiate between the two occurences of RqUID or will I have to manage this situation using COBOL logic?

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks, Chris.

[ash_sudp]

Cobol entreprise parser does not have the functionality. But you can build a wrapper arount the built in parser to identify any tag that occurs multiple times.

[Terry_Heinze]

When you define the copy book to populate those fields, just make them unique, like: BSR-RqUID and AIR-RqUID for instance. When I encountered this situation, I prefixed the RqUID with the level number of the field, like 15-RqUID and 20-RqUID. Whatever you need to do to make them unique.
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....Terry