Hi Sharon
While I am using the STAX monitor, it doesn't help me when I want to use
STAF/STAX programmatically. That is, I must catch the error from Python.
Arve
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Sharon Lucas <luc...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Note that when developing a new STAX job, you should look at using the STAX
> Monitor (if you haven't already). The STAX Monitor makes it easy to debug
> problems in your STAX job and provides the ability to display the job log
> and job user log at a click of a button (not that submitting a LOG QUERY
> request to query a STAX log is hard...).
>
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> Sharon Lucas
> IBM Austin, luc...@us.ibm.com
> (512) 286-7313 or Tieline 363-7313
>
>
>
>
> From: Arve Knudsen <arve.knud...@gmail.com>
> To: David Bender/Austin/i...@ibmus
> Cc: staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: 10/06/2010 09:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [staf-users] How to get error information from STAX job
>
>
>
> Hi David
>
> I know why the job fails, in fact I want it to (as an example of handling
> such errors). I am meaning to submit the job from a Python script. It
> sounds pretty kludgy having to query the log to figure out what went wrong,
> isn't there some more direct way to catch the error?
>
> Arve
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:24 PM, David Bender <bda...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The error is occurring because your function defines a required argument,
> but you did not specify the argument on the STAX EXECUTE request. So, if
> you get the following:
>
> >STAF local STAX EXECUTE FILE C:/STAF/services/stax/test.xml MACHINE
> local WAIT RETURNRESULT
> Response
> --------
> {
> Job ID : 3
> Start Date-Time: 20101006-09:17:06
> End Date-Time : 20101006-09:17:06
> Status : Terminated
> Result : org.python.core.pyinsta...@1187984
>
>
>
> Testcase Totals: {
> Tests : 0
> Passes: 0
> Fails : 0
> }
> }
>
> Then you can query the STAX job log to get detailed information about the
> error:
>
> >STAF local LOG QUERY MACHINE {STAF/Config/MachineNickname} LOGNAME
> STAX_Job_3
> Response
> --------
> Date-Time Level Message
> ----------------- -----
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 20101006-09:17:06 Start JobID: 3, File: C:\STAF\services\stax\test.xml,
> Machine
> : local, Function: NoOp, Args: null, JobName:
> <N/A>
> 20101006-09:17:06 Error STAXFunctionArgValidate signal raised.
> Terminating job.
> ===== XML Information ===== File: C:\STAF
> \services\
> stax\test.xml, Machine: local Line <Error in ARGS
> optio
> n>: Error in element type "<External>". Required
> argum
> ent "arg1" is not provided in the call to
> function "NoO
> p". ===== Call Stack for STAX Thread 1 ===== []
> 20101006-09:17:06 Info Terminating block: main
> 20101006-09:17:06 Statu Testcase Totals: Tests: 0, Pass: 0, Fail: 0
> s
> 20101006-09:17:06 Statu Job Result: org.python.core.pyinsta...@1187984
> s
> 20101006-09:17:06 Stop JobID: 3
>
> If you execute the job via the STAX Monitor, then you will see the error
> in the Messages panel:
>
> 20101006-09:21:12 STAXFunctionArgValidate signal raised. Terminating job.
>
>
> ===== XML Information =====
>
> File: C:\STAF\services\stax\test.xml, Machine: local://local
> Line <Error in ARGS option>: Error in element type "<External>".
>
> Required argument "arg1" is not provided in the call to function "NoOp".
>
> ===== Call Stack for STAX Thread 1 =====
>
> []
>
> And then if you specify the function argument on the STAX EXECUTE
> request, then the job completes successfully:
>
> >STAF local STAX EXECUTE FILE C:/STAF/services/stax/test.xml MACHINE
> local ARGS ['myArg'] WAIT RETURNRESULT
> Response
> --------
> {
> Job ID : 6
> Start Date-Time: 20101006-09:23:34
> End Date-Time : 20101006-09:23:34
> Status : Normal
> Result : None
>
> Testcase Totals: {
> Tests : 0
> Passes: 0
> Fails : 0
> }
> }
>
> David Bender
>
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> Hello
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> I am new to STAF/STAX and am trying to implement a job as a STAX
> function. First of all, I should like to get error information when the
> function call fails. So far I am testing by calling my function without
> its required arguments, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to
> get at the error.
>
> My STAX job definition is as simple as this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
> <!DOCTYPE stax SYSTEM "stax.dtd">
> <stax>
> <defaultcall function="NoOp"/>
> <function name="NoOp">
> <function-list-args>
> <function-required-arg name="arg1"/>
> </function-list-args>
> <nop/>
> </function>
> </stax>
>
>
> I execute it with the command 'staf local stax EXECUTE FILE
> C:/Users/knuarv/STAX/test.xml MACHINE local WAIT RETURNRESULT'. The
> following information is then printed:
> Response
> --------
> {
> Job ID : 51
> Start Date-Time: 20101006-12:41:27
> End Date-Time : 20101006-12:41:27
> Status : Terminated
> Result : org.python.core.pyinsta...@de9738
> Testcase Totals: {
> Tests : 0
> Passes: 0
> Fails : 0
> }
> }
>
>
> How do I get the error information? I can see that it's failed, given
> that the Status is 'Terminated', but I need more detail.
>
> Thanks,
> Arve
>
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