C#

Richard Deeming wrote:

If you have to pass a value, then pass the value that the API is expecting.

new XElement("PickupStoreInfo",
        new XElement("PickupDueDateDetails",
           new XElement("Date", Date),
           new XElement("UTCOffset", UTCOffset)
       ),

<xsd:element
name="EventStatus" type="xsd:string">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>Event Status</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:element>

    new XElement("EventStatus", "Event Status"),

),

Bootzilla33 wrote:

Here the a piece of the API schema:

XML

<xsd:element
name="EventStatus" type="xsd:string">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>Event Status</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:element>

I guess it will look like this?

C#

    new XElement("EventStatus", "Event Status"),

),

if (string.isNullOrEmpty(apiVariableName)) { return ; }

internal class Shipment {
        [Required]
        [StringLength(12)]
        public string ShippingNumber { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "City cannot be empty.")]
        public string City { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Zip is Required")]
        [RegularExpression(@"^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$", ErrorMessage = "Invalid Zip")]
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
    }

var prc = new Data.General.Shipment();
                    var node = mainNode.SelectSingleNode("TrackingNumber");

                    if (node == null)
                    {
                        return; // If your method is not void return the appropriate data type, null, false, etc...
                    }

                    decimal trackingNumber;

                    if (!decimal.TryParse(node.InnertText, out trackingNumber))
                    {
                        return; // Same as above with return type
                    }

                    prc.GetByProNumber(trackingNumber);

                    try
                    {
                        rspxml.Root.Add(new XElement("API", "4.0"));
                        rspxml.Root.Add(new XElement("PackageTrackingInfo"));
                        rspxml.Root.Element("PackageTrackingInfo").Add(new XElement("TrackingNumber", prc.ProNumber.ToString())); // These ToString calls are dangerous without first validating the data
                        rspxml.Root.Add(new XElement("PackageDestinationLocation"));
                        rspxml.Root.Element("PackageDestinationLocation").Add(new XElement("City", prc.Consignee.ToString()));
                        rspxml.Root.Element("PackageDestinationLocation").Add(new XElement("StateProvince", prc.Consignee.ToString()));
                        rspxml.Root.Element("PackageDestinationLocation").Add(new XElement("PostalCode", prc.Consignee.ToString()));
                        rspxml.Root.Element("PackageDestinationLocation").Add(new XElement("CountryCode", prc.Consignee.ToString()));
                        // remainder omitted for brevity
                    }
                    catch (NullReferenceException n)
                    {
                        // NullReferenceException is not super helpful but it will tell you there is an error and provides a general catch all.
                        // Log or alert user there is a problem
                        // A more defensive strategy is to validate that prc.Consignee is not null before trying to covnert to a string
                    }

SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(); //properly initiliased connection object with connection string
          SqlCommand command1 = new SqlCommand(); //properly initiliased command with sql text or procedure name
          SqlCommand command2 = new SqlCommand(); //properly initiliased command with sql text or procedure name

          SqlTransaction trx = conn.BeginTransaction();
          command1.Transaction = trx;
          command2.Transaction = trx;

          try
          {
              command1.ExecuteNonQuery();
              command2.ExecuteNonQuery();
              trx.Commit();
          }
          catch (SqlException ex)
          {
              trx.Rollback();
          }
          finally
          {
              //clean up resources
          }