XML download with NULL in emply fields

jackie · Post by **jackie** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:42 pm

Hi,

I have a client who is downloading product data from Shopsite and then trying to import it into another program. The problem is the other program is rejecting the xml download file because it has empty fields. Is there a way to configure the Shopsite XML product download to ensure there is something (like NULL or a space) included in the empty fields? Or does anyone know of an efficient way to make the empty fields have NULL in them by some other means.

Thanks.

Post by **Jim** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:45 pm

What fields in particular are you looking at?

In my download file empty fields are formatted like <DimensionSelected/> with the closing slash after the field name which is the appropriate way to handle an empty tag. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags

jackie · Post by **jackie** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:17 pm

Thanks Jim,

You were correct, there are no empty fields, I got it sorted out.