Accessing SOAP xml data with classic ASP

[KnightDeveloper]

I've got a string variable, named strMethodResultXML, that has the contents of a SOAP xml response and would like to output only the actual data to the browser screen.

I'm using this: Response.Write strMethodResultXML

However, the output isn't correct and when I view the source code in the browser, it's outputting all the xml with the tags.

Any help?

Thank you.

[PeejAvery]

Your problem would be how you are setting strMethodResultXML. By the sound of it, you are probably retrieving the XML structure and not just the response text.

[KnightDeveloper]

Here's my exact code:

<%
Dim objXMLHTTP : SET objXMLHTTP = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0")
Dim objOutputXMLDoc : Set objOutputXMLDoc = Server.CreateObject("MSXML.DOMDocument")

Dim strMethodPkg
Dim strMethodResultXML

strMethodPkg ="<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""ISO-8859-1""?>"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"<SOAP-ENV:Envelope SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"" xmlns:SOAP-ENV=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"" xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:SOAP-ENC=""http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"">"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"<SOAP-ENV:Body>"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"<ns9005:showSearchForm xmlns:ns9005=""http://tempuri.org"">"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"</ns9005:showSearchForm>"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"</SOAP-ENV:Body>"
strMethodPkg = strMethodPkg &"</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>"


objXMLHTTP.open "post", "http://www.webservicesite.com/service.wsdl", False

objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=ISO-8859-1"
objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "Content-Length", Len(strMethodPkg)


objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "SOAPAction", "http://www.webservicesite.com/service.wsdl"

Call objXMLHTTP.send(strMethodPkg)


strMethodResultXML = objXMLHTTP.responsetext


Response.Write strMethodResultXML
%>

[PeejAvery]

Your code is correct. It should just be giving you text. So, it would seem that the text being send back is HTML encoding. I bet you aren't receiving < and > signs, but instead &lt; and &gt;.

[KnightDeveloper]

Yes, the SOAP data response I receive contains HTML tags (such as a table) and they do display as entities. I'm also having this problem with .NET, but with NuSoap in PHP the data appears as a table when I output it to the browser.

[PeejAvery]

I'm also having this problem with .NET, but with NuSoap in PHP the data appears as a table when I output it to the browser.
Are you sure that it is actual tables and not just XSLT styling to make it look like tables?