SOAP, WSDL Response Values?

[cluettr]

I have the following in a WSDL file. I am using this WSDL file to gain access to records. Using the AdvancedSearch Method I can supply the data and obtain a result. However, the result is just one long string of all the fields pertaining to the record. Am I missing something or should I be able to access each field individually to parse and extract the fields from each record?

- <s:element name="AdvancedSearch">
- <s:complexType>
- <s:sequence>
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strStatus" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strCategory" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strDirector" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strApplication" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strTimeZone" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strDateFrom" type="s:string" /> 
  <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="strDateTo" type="s:string" /> 
  </s:sequence>
  </s:complexType>
  </s:element>
- <s:element name="AdvancedSearchResponse">
- <s:complexType>
- <s:sequence>
- <s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="AdvancedSearchResult">
- <s:complexType>
- <s:sequence>
  <s:element ref="s:schema" /> 
  <s:any /> 
  </s:sequence>
  </s:complexType>
  </s:element>
  </s:sequence>
  </s:complexType>
  </s:element>

[cluettr]

I guess no SOAP experts lurk this site?

[Scriptage]

It all depends on the underlying implementation. WSDL only describes the methods in a Web Service, it does not deal with implementation. What language is your Web Service written in?

Is the AdvancedSearch method overloaded?

[cluettr]

It all depends on the underlying implementation. WSDL only describes the methods in a Web Service, it does not deal with implementation. What language is your Web Service written in?

Is the AdvancedSearch method overloaded?

Oh Boy, I do not know the answer to either of those questions

[Scriptage]

O.K. How are you consuming the Web Service?

[cluettr]

O.K. How are you consuming the Web Service?

Thank you for the response. the SOAP client is written in PHP. I was able to obtain results using the AdvancedSearch Method but it's all one giant string. As a subscriber to this data a string of returned results means little. My thinking was all this should be returned as an array so I can pick through it. I called the API developer but he's not really responding to me. I kind of was hoping I could get my head around it a little before I talk to him. Do you agree that if you are going to return a number of records that it should not be returned as a string and rather an array? Maybe I am missing something.

[Scriptage]

It really does depend on the person implementing the web service. Have you got a link to the API documentation? It is possible overload methods so it may be the case that you can pass additional parameters to the method to get it to return the data in a different format; failing that you will need to write an algorithm to parse the data.