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Hi Everybody...

I have one web service ,which interacts with database and creates one
..xml file, now I want to pass this file to client...

can I return this file from web service to client....if yes plz tell me
how??

Thanks
Bharat

Bharat wrote:

> I have one web service ,which interacts with database and creates one
> .xml file, now I want to pass this file to client...
>
> can I return this file from web service to client....if yes plz tell me
> how??

The web service is the 'passive' part and the client the 'active' part.
This means, your service only responds to incoming requests from
clients that build up a connection with the service. The answer of the
server depends on the client's question. The service is a so-called
'daemon', that is, a programme that is listening at the server on a
specified port to incoming requests.

This stuff is typically done using socket communication. But I've also
seen web services over plain http, ftp or even by automated e-mail
processing. Plain http/ftp is simple: just place you XML file in a
fixed location and then point the client to that location with a GET
request.

There is support in most languages. I've seen examples in Perl, Java,
VB, C++... PHP's socket communication is still beta, so I heard. Pick
your favourite API language and study its documentation on how web
service requests are done there.

Hope this helps,

--
Bart

Thank you..Bart... it's working fine.

Thank You again
Bharat

Bart Van der Donck wrote:
> Bharat wrote:
>
> > I have one web service ,which interacts with database and creates one
> > .xml file, now I want to pass this file to client...
> >
> > can I return this file from web service to client....if yes plz tell me
> > how??
>
> The web service is the 'passive' part and the client the 'active' part.
> This means, your service only responds to incoming requests from
> clients that build up a connection with the service. The answer of the
> server depends on the client's question. The service is a so-called
> 'daemon', that is, a programme that is listening at the server on a
> specified port to incoming requests.
>
> This stuff is typically done using socket communication. But I've also
> seen web services over plain http, ftp or even by automated e-mail
> processing. Plain http/ftp is simple: just place you XML file in a
> fixed location and then point the client to that location with a GET
> request.
>
> There is support in most languages. I've seen examples in Perl, Java,
> VB, C++... PHP's socket communication is still beta, so I heard. Pick
> your favourite API language and study its documentation on how web
> service requests are done there.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Bart