SQL Server

Load XML from a Remote URL

Demonstrates how to load XML from a remote URL, such as https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat HTTP API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @sbXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbXml OUT

    -- Download the XML from the URL into sbXml
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetSb', @success OUT, 'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml', @sbXml
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @xml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @xml OUT

    -- Load the XML contained in sbXml
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @xml, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbXml, 1
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @xml, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @xml


END
GO