[Rets-dev] Re: Extra Fields in Metadata information

[Keith T. Garner]

To quote from section 11.1.1 from the RETS 1.5 spec:
   The client MUST accept fields and attributes in the metadata that are not
defined in this standard, although it is not required to process those
fields in any way.



Chadwick Meyer wrote:
> Has anyone ever experienced a RETS server that gives extra metadata
> fields not defined in the RETS 1.5 specs. 
> 
> I'm connecting to REInfolink in San Mateo, CA with RETS 1.5. The first
> time I connect I tried to download all the metadata. But my code failed
> because I have it set up to take all the fields it's given and insert
> into my metadata tables which are premade according to the RETS specs
> with the correct field names and types. But this RETS server added some
> extra fields to the data I retrieved, and since my database tables don't
> have columns to receive those fields, my insert query failed of course.
> 
> Well anyway, I'm just curious if they are "allowed" to add extra
> metadata fields. And if they are does anyone have suggestions how to
> deal with this? For now I just did double checks with my table to only
> allow columns that I have in my table. But I'm wondering why they have
> extra fields and if I need them and what they are for... etc.
> 
> Please let me know. As I've mentioned before, I'm not sure anyone even
> gets these emails, because I never get a reply from anyone. Or maybe
> people reply but my mail server blocks as spam, who knows. So please
> reply personally if you could.
> 
> Thanks much,
> chad
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> *Chadwick Meyer*
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