How do I pass a message or variable to a web service?

[needin4mation]

I have this in my web service:

public XmlDocument GetDataFromDB(s tring name)
{
....
do some stuff with name variable..on the database...
return the XmlDocument to my datagrid;
}

Now, in my client default.aspx I have a button that calls this
function:

public void DataBindFrmWS(s tring name)
{
try
{
XmlDocument myServiceDoc = new XmlDocument();
System.Xml.XmlN ode neNode;
//Adding the resulting XML from WebMethod to a user created
XmlNode
neNode = myService1.GetD ataFromDB(name) ; //from above
....

It breaks on this last line when compiling saying:

"No overload for method "GetDataFro mDB' takes '1' arguments."

What does this mean?

I read that I should think not of this as passing variables as in
functions calls, but sending messages. I can't figure out how to send
this simple message. I only want to send a simple string with a last
name.

Thank you for any help.

[Scott M.]

Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote procedure
(function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter, then you must pass
one to the function.

Are you sure that your web service project has been re-built and than your
web service reference has been refreshed?
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>I have this in my web service:

public XmlDocument GetDataFromDB(s tring name)
{
...
do some stuff with name variable..on the database...
return the XmlDocument to my datagrid;
}

Now, in my client default.aspx I have a button that calls this
function:

public void DataBindFrmWS(s tring name)
{
try
{
XmlDocument myServiceDoc = new XmlDocument();
System.Xml.XmlN ode neNode;
//Adding the resulting XML from WebMethod to a user created
XmlNode
neNode = myService1.GetD ataFromDB(name) ; //from above
...

It breaks on this last line when compiling saying:

"No overload for method "GetDataFro mDB' takes '1' arguments."

What does this mean?

I read that I should think not of this as passing variables as in
functions calls, but sending messages. I can't figure out how to send
this simple message. I only want to send a simple string with a last
name.

Thank you for any help.

[John Saunders]

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
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Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote
procedure (function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter, then
you must pass one to the function.

Scott, remember that there are two styles of web service: the RPC style, and
the Document style. Some like the latter, for generality (I do).

John

[Scott M.]

I'm sorry John, I don't know what you mean by "document style" web service.
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"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
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>Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote
procedure (function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter, then
you must pass one to the function.

Scott, remember that there are two styles of web service: the RPC style,
and the Document style. Some like the latter, for generality (I do).

John

[needin4mation]

John Saunders wrote:

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
news:OJ******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote
procedure (function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter, then
you must pass one to the function.

Scott, remember that there are two styles of web service: the RPC style, and
the Document style. Some like the latter, for generality (I do).

John

Any idea on how to pass the variable to the service? Anyone? Thank
you again for any help.

[Debasish Pramanik]

Hi,

Can you pass the entire code, as from your code it doesn't seems you have
done anything wrong. It must be related to the settings or environment...o r
something else

--
Regards,

Debasish Pramanik
Assetlink India.
Phone: [phone] (226)

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>
John Saunders wrote:

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
news:OJ******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote
procedure (function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter,

then

you must pass one to the function.

Scott, remember that there are two styles of web service: the RPC style,

and

the Document style. Some like the latter, for generality (I do).

John

Any idea on how to pass the variable to the service? Anyone? Thank
you again for any help.

[John Saunders]

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
news:OD******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...

I'm sorry John, I don't know what you mean by "document style" web
service.

In the <wsdl:bindingse ction, if you use <soap:binding style="document "
/>, then you are effectively saying that you want the messages in this
binding to be considered, each, as a single XML document, as opposed to a
set of RPC-style parameters. The single document can represent multiple
parameters, and, depending on your platform, can be processed as multiple
parameters.This allows you to think in terms of sending and receiving entire
XML documents, possibly complicated ones, instead of restricting your
thinking to a flat set of procedure call parameters.

John

[needin4mation]

That's probably way too much code, but here is someone that had the
same problem:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...c244dfa9208c7f

That is where I got part of my information from.

Here is the code up to that point in my .asmx:

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Serv ices;
using System.Web.Serv ices.Protocols;
using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;
using System.Data.Odb c;
using System.Configur ation;
using System.Diagnost ics;
using System.Data;
using System.Xml;

[WebService(Name space = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBindi ng(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.Bas icProfile1_1)]
public class Service : System.Web.Serv ices.WebService
{
public Service () {

//Uncomment the following line if using designed components
//InitializeCompo nent();
}

[WebMethod]
public string HelloWorld() {
return "Hi";
}
[WebMethod]
public XmlDocument GetDataFromDB(s tring name)
{
string errorMessage = "";
XmlDocument myDatas = new XmlDocument();
....

In my client .aspx:

protected void Button1_Click(o bject sender, EventArgs e)
{

DataBindFrmWS(T extBox1.Text);

}

Thanks again for any help. Everything works, as long as I don't pass
it a variable.

This
Debasish Pramanik wrote:

Hi,

Can you pass the entire code, as from your code it doesn't seems you have
done anything wrong. It must be related to the settings or environment...o r
something else

--
Regards,

Debasish Pramanik
Assetlink India.
Phone: [phone] (226)

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John Saunders wrote:

"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
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Well, I would disagree that you should think of web service calls as
"passing messages". You should, in fact, think of them as remote
procedure (function) calls. If the webmethod requires a parameter,

then

you must pass one to the function.
>
Scott, remember that there are two styles of web service: the RPC style,

and

the Document style. Some like the latter, for generality (I do).
>
John

Any idea on how to pass the variable to the service? Anyone? Thank
you again for any help.

[needin4mation]

ne***********@g mail.com wrote:

I have this in my web service:

public XmlDocument GetDataFromDB(s tring name)
{
...
do some stuff with name variable..on the database...
return the XmlDocument to my datagrid;
}

Now, in my client default.aspx I have a button that calls this
function:

public void DataBindFrmWS(s tring name)
{
try
{
XmlDocument myServiceDoc = new XmlDocument();
System.Xml.XmlN ode neNode;
//Adding the resulting XML from WebMethod to a user created
XmlNode
neNode = myService1.GetD ataFromDB(name) ; //from above
...

It breaks on this last line when compiling saying:

"No overload for method "GetDataFro mDB' takes '1' arguments."

What does this mean?

I read that I should think not of this as passing variables as in
functions calls, but sending messages. I can't figure out how to send
this simple message. I only want to send a simple string with a last
name.

Thank you for any help.

I finally got it working. I looked at the WSDL and found this:

<s:element name="GetDataFr omDB">
<s:complexTyp e />
</s:element>

So I went to Visual Studio and updated my web reference and it produced
this:

<s:element name="GetDataFr omDB">
<s:complexTyp e>
<s:sequence>
<s:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="name"
type="s:string" />
</s:sequence>
</s:complexType>
</s:element>

I guess I need understand how all the pieces work together better.
Thanks.

[Scott M.]

But you still, are, in fact, calling procedures and receiving back function
return values. The transport mechanism may be a complete XML document, but
what you are doing (why you are using the services) doesn't change
fundamentally.

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"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nosp amwrote in message
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>I'm sorry John, I don't know what you mean by "document style" web
service.

In the <wsdl:bindingse ction, if you use <soap:binding style="document "
/>, then you are effectively saying that you want the messages in this
binding to be considered, each, as a single XML document, as opposed to a
set of RPC-style parameters. The single document can represent multiple
parameters, and, depending on your platform, can be processed as multiple
parameters.This allows you to think in terms of sending and receiving
entire XML documents, possibly complicated ones, instead of restricting
your thinking to a flat set of procedure call parameters.

John