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| Gogol |
 Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:24 am Post subject: HttpInputNode and HttpReplyNode in two separate flows? |
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Hi Again,
I am trying to make 2 flows within the same Execution Group.
HttpInputNode>ComputeNode>MQOutPutNode
MQInputNode>ComputeNode>HttpReplyNode.
I am passing the request Identifier using a Shared variable to the second flow and setting it correctly within the compute node.
But the Requesting application is not getting a response.
I have'nt tried setting all the HttpResponse Header manually. I will give it a try but I am not very confident of this to be working.
Any Explanations crossing your mind 
MB v6.1 being used here |
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| lancelotlinc |
| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Standard version disclaimer: V6 is end-of-life : upgrade.
There were substantial HTTP node improvements with FPs 2-4 for V7 (ie. 7.0.0.2-7.0.0.4). Before you spend too much time troubleshooting, you may want to update your WMB to later versions. V8 preferable.
Your approach is accurate. Rather than a shared variable, store the 24-byte Http reply Id in the Msg Id of the outgoing message, then read the correl Id of the reply MQ message.
Be sure to set the reply Id into the LocalEnvironment.
Get the scenario to work in one flow first, then break apart the one flow into two parts.
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| rekarm01 |
| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: HttpInputNode and HttpReplyNode in two separate flows? |
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| Gogol wrote: |
| I am passing the request Identifier using a Shared variable to the second flow and setting it correctly within the compute node. |
Message flows don't share (ESQL) variables. Please explain in more detail how the request Identifier is passed from one message flow to the other, and demonstrate that it's actually working as expected.
| lancelotlinc wrote: |
| Standard version disclaimer: V6 is end-of-life : upgrade. |
More precisely, WMB v6.0 has reached the End of Support. But WMB v6.1 has not. |
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| Gogol |
| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Lancelotlinc,
Its a good idea to use your way, by avoiding Shared Variable. But I am sending a XML message to the Http Input Node, and I guess the in such a scenario the message has to be a BLOB for the http Reply Node to make a reply.
It is throwing exceptions saying Expected Blob but received Character.
I have tried setting the reply-protocol as http and content-type as text/xml but no luck. |
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| Gogol |
| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Hi rekarm01,
The two flows mentioned by me in my question reside in the same message flow, but they are not connected. So I guess in that situation you may use Shared variable to pass the ReplyIdentifier. |
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| wbi_telecom |
| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:26 am Post subject: |
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A better design would be to combine the 2 flows into 1 using MQGET node after MQOutput. No need for the shared variable. No need to store the reply Identifier as HTTPRequest and HTTPResponse are in the same flow. Generate a new message id and Correl id in your MQOutput and use a compute node to copy them in MQMD. User get by CorrelID in your MQGet.
So your flow is
HTTPInut-- Compute ---MQOutput--compute --MQGet---Compute---HTTPOutput.
We use this design a lot in our environment for sending web requests to CICS.
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| lancelotlinc |
| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| wbi_telecom wrote: |
A better design would be to combine the 2 flows into 1 using MQGET node after MQOutput. No need for the shared variable. No need to store the reply Identifier as HTTPRequest and HTTPResponse are in the same flow. Generate a new message id and Correl id in your MQOutput and use a compute node to copy them in MQMD. User get by CorrelID in your MQGet.
So your flow is
HTTPInut-- Compute ---MQOutput--compute --MQGet---Compute---HTTPOutput.
We use this design a lot in our environment for sending web requests to CICS.
Cheers, |
Be sure to explicitly set transaction mode to ' no ' if you do this.
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| kash3338 |
| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Gogol wrote: |
I am trying to make 2 flows within the same Execution Group.
HttpInputNode>ComputeNode>MQOutPutNode
MQInputNode>ComputeNode>HttpReplyNode. |
Is the MQOutput Queue 1st flow and the MQInput queue of 2nd flow the same in the two flows. I hope its not, and if yes there is no point of having two flows at all.
If it is going to a third party application which is MQ based, then the Reply Identifier can be set in the MQRFH2 headers and passed between the 2 flows.
| wbi_telecom wrote: |
HTTPInut-- Compute ---MQOutput--compute --MQGet---Compute---HTTPOutput.
We use this design a lot in our environment for sending web requests to CICS.
Cheers, |
In this case, what if the reply comes to the second Queue after certain unknown time interval? The response will be ASync over MQ in general. How does this design handle that? |
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| rekarm01 |
| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Gogol wrote: |
| It is throwing exceptions saying Expected Blob but received Character. |
For help with that, please be more specific. What part of which message flow is throwing exceptions? What exception(s) is "it' throwing, exactly? What part of the message (request identifier, message body element, etc.) is expected to be a BLOB? |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| rekarm01 wrote: |
| Gogol wrote: |
| It is throwing exceptions saying Expected Blob but received Character. |
For help with that, please be more specific. What part of which message flow is throwing exceptions? What exception(s) is "it' throwing, exactly? What part of the message (request identifier, message body element, etc.) is expected to be a BLOB? |
My guess is the RelpyIdentifier... but then this is just a guess... 
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| Gogol |
| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Yes it is the ReplyIdentifier , nice guess fjb_saber  .
I did a blunder by copying the ReplyIdentifier as CHARACTER, after changing it to BLOB, the flow works like charm. It was a mistake from my side.
Thanks everybody for posting, A good discussion helps in learning.
And yes the MQRFH2 looks like a good idea too. |
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