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saurabhsharma09
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12 years ago

[Res] How to validate Service Response against JDBC response

Hi, I am trying to validate REST service response against JDBC response. The problem I am facing is that the xml response returned by REST Service has no defined order of records.Example-Response ...
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12 years ago
Your approach is correct. And for your scenario, I would still use XPATH. In XPATH you can look for specific XML node depending on the value.

It would be worthwhile to find the correct expression to find your node. Here are some links that should help:
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/
http://oreilly.com/perl/excerpts/system-admin-with-perl/ten-minute-xpath-utorial.html

Also, you can provide and example of the XML your are trying to search through and explain which node you want to find.

Thanks,
Michael Giller
SmartBear Software