[cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

Thu Mar 29 13:42:17 EDT 2018

Ryan,

Thanks for pointing that out.  I use it on just about every project I work on that ties to a Cisco API.  I might disagree when it comes to ease of use (having to parse output XML, etc) but it's an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to start getting into the weeds with SOAP calls.

I'm glad you mentioned RIS.  I was debating whether or not to add a function in this app that allows for quick device state lookup.  Maybe plug in a device name and have it kick back Device Type, Registration Status, Registered Host and DNs.  Of course this is info you could quickly get in the CUCM portal, so I'm not sure it would be worth having it in this app.

________________________________
From: Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <rratliff at cisco.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:11 PM
To: Pete Brown
Cc: Stephen Welsh; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

I discovered SoapUI helping somebody with a TMS case earlier this week.
https://developer.cisco.com/site/sxml/learn/soap-ui-tutorial/<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.cisco.com%2Fsite%2Fsxml%2Flearn%2Fsoap-ui-tutorial%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cca30d20097ed43af4d0a08d595981667%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636579402798368320&sdata=Hgz%2FhT62UbixUouBfWUNthCAN6hN1dBEmaD8cDcu7ls%3D&reserved=0>

It’s based off the RIS API but the utility is generic to any SOAP interface and extremely easy to use. Just point at the wsdl and you get a full-featured gui interface.

-Ryan

On Mar 29, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com<mailto:jpb at chykn.com>> wrote:

Thanks Ben and Stephen.  I looked at getting an app cert, but unfortunately I've blow my hobby budget for the near future.  Bought a few upgrades for my Oculus PC.  Will look into a cert again in a few months when the wife has calmed down.

Someone pointed out that the tree structure for the tables & columns is almost identical to the IFX Ontape Browser and that I might merge the two.  It's a great idea, but the only problem is that you could not run normal SQL queries against backups.  I'd have to implement a copy of Informix's SQL language in my parsing module.  I may still merge them, but I'd have to remove the SQL query window when parsing backup data.

As usual, thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

________________________________
From: Stephen Welsh <stephen.welsh at unifiedfx.com<mailto:stephen.welsh at unifiedfx.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 11:33 AM
To: Pete Brown
Cc: Anthony Holloway; Lelio Fulgenzi; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

Hi Pete,

When downloading Windows SmartScreen checks the signing certificate of the application (if applied), if you haven’t already it’s best to buy a code signing certificate and sign your exe’s etc. with it (we use signtool.exe to do that).

Recently we updated the code signing cert for PhoneView and initially (even with a valid cert) it was flagged by SmartScreen until it had been downloaded a few times.

Haven’t looked at your tool, but congrats for putting it out there, a simple way to query and export raw SQL data is sorely needed, something I was going to do but ended up going down a different path ;)

Thanks

Stephen Welsh
CTO
UnifiedFX

On 28 Mar 2018, at 17:14, Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com<mailto:jpb at chykn.com>> wrote:

Yeah, for some reason Windows 10 keeps flagging my apps as viruses.  Have to figure that one out someday.

Thanks for the feedback; those are all great suggestions.  Will knock out the easiest ones first: listing columns under the tables in the tree, copy/paste in Excel and executing on keystroke.

________________________________
From: Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:56 AM
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: Brian Meade; Pete Brown; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

Ok, now that I've downloaded it, and installed your virus...err...app....it's actually really nice!  ;)

A few quick notes:

The copy paste of the data doesn't work too well in Excel.  Specifically, it adds a column to the left of the first column.

It would be nice to have a feature to let me find data in the tables like CUDLI does.  E.g., I need to find a table and column where this specific phone number is used.

It would be nice to have a feature to let me see the columns for a table, which I see that you're doing by automatically returning the first 10 rows, but a vertical list like the tables would be better for me.

It would be nice to be able to query CAR as well, but I know that' not apart of the same AXL API, rather its CDROnDemand, no?

It would be nice to be able to run multiple commands at once with a line delimiter.

It would be nice to be able to hit a keystroke to execute the command.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:46 AM Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway%2Bcisco-voip at gmail.com>> wrote:
No not really.

The work flow is like this:

1. Download the ZIP file from CUCM plugins page and extract to your PC.  It's simply called Cisco AXL Toolkit, but the file is axlsqltoolkit.zip
2. Open a command prompt to the working folder you extracted the files to, such that you're in the same folder as the README.txt
3. Open the README.txt and make a copy of the command example for your platform: windows or linux, and for me it's windows, so line 22 I will copy to the line below the example (CTRL+d in Notepad++)
4. Correct the username and password, host for your environment
5. Add the input/output file switches: -input=test.xml -output=test.txt (we'll create the test.xml in the next step, and it will create the test.txt file for you)
6. Make a copy of the sample.xml file and we'll name it test.xml for this exercise
7. Edit the test.xml so it only contains 1 query; we'll use this one for testing: <sql query="select name from processnode"/>
8. Copy your command line from the README.txt and paste it into your command prompt
9. Watch the activity scroll up the screen, and check your test.txt file for the output

Be prepared: it's SOAP and it's ugly.  So, don't be expecting CSV style data formatting here.  I typically only use this tool when I need to run UPDATE commands, like lots of them, to make changes to the DB, which is few and far between.

More commonly, I'm using UPDATE commands right on the CLI....with careful WHERE clauses....or even more commonly, I'm just looking at data with SELECT commands.

YMMV

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:22 AM Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>> wrote:
Is it “wizardish” in any way? Like CUDDLI?

---
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. | Senior Analyst
Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph
Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2F%3Fq%3D50%2BStone%2BRd%2BE%2B%257C%2BGuelph%2C%2BON%2B%257C%2BN1G%2B2W1%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=4FzepRmFa4VVXPbW3nB2h0oaEfhGY1FILIwUSroH0b4%3D&reserved=0>
519-824-4120 Ext. 56354<tel:(519)%20824-4120> | lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>

www.uoguelph.ca/ccs<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uoguelph.ca%2Fccs&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=ZkjsfAUXWCpgBFURK94yccanpo1L6JXMecdJ%2FdzCBDw%3D&reserved=0> | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

<image001.png>

From: Anthony Holloway [mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway%2Bcisco-voip at gmail.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 10:19 AM
To: Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu<mailto:bmeade90 at vt.edu>>
Cc: Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>>; Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com<mailto:jpb at chykn.com>>; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>

Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

Yeah, it's really just for batch SQL commands, otherwise, just SSHing to the Publisher is easiest.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:16 AM Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu<mailto:bmeade90 at vt.edu>> wrote:
Check under Application->Plugins

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>> wrote:
Wait. What? There’s an AXL SQL tool kit?

---
Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. | Senior Analyst
Computing and Communications Services | University of Guelph
Room 037 Animal Science & Nutrition Bldg | 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2F%3Fq%3D50%2BStone%2BRd%2BE%2B%257C%2BGuelph%2C%2BON%2B%257C%2BN1G%2B2W1%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=4FzepRmFa4VVXPbW3nB2h0oaEfhGY1FILIwUSroH0b4%3D&reserved=0>
519-824-4120 Ext. 56354<tel:(519)%20824-4120> | lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca>

www.uoguelph.ca/ccs<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uoguelph.ca%2Fccs&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=ZkjsfAUXWCpgBFURK94yccanpo1L6JXMecdJ%2FdzCBDw%3D&reserved=0> | @UofGCCS on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

[University of Guelph Cornerstone with Improve Life tagline]

From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net>] On Behalf Of Anthony Holloway
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 9:58 PM
To: Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com<mailto:jpb at chykn.com>>
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Windows AXL Query Tool

So it only does AXL SQL Queries right now?  How's this different from the AXL SQL Toolkit that's right in CUCM?

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:39 PM Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com<mailto:jpb at chykn.com>> wrote:
For anyone who is interested, I wrote a quick and dirty Windows app for ad-hoc AXL queries.  I couldn't find anything readily available that didn't involve scripting.  It only supports SELECT statements at the moment.

It's been tested with 10.5 so far and probably has bugs which will trigger the next apocalypse.  Use at your own risk.

Usage Notes:

Adding a Profile - Right click under "Hosts" and Add Server.  Validate then Submit and it will automatically save a config file in the working directory.

Listing Tables - When you select a host, it will automatically grab a list of tables.

Queries - Type in the query and execute.  It will either display results or an error code on the bottom.

https://www.adhdtech.com/CUCM%20AXL%20Query.exe<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adhdtech.com%2FCUCM%2520AXL%2520Query.exe&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=13vNs%2BbaiJ4qqfQkPeheMY8M51URJO85uq84isHdYJg%3D&reserved=0>

_______________________________________________
cisco-voip mailing list
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpuck.nether.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fcisco-voip&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=T7n0XbJVApTIUjPNZahyQVo9s5iz84GcHQZryt5bt6I%3D&reserved=0>

_______________________________________________
cisco-voip mailing list
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpuck.nether.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fcisco-voip&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8de499903f864681d3e208d594c4737b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578493819200177&sdata=T7n0XbJVApTIUjPNZahyQVo9s5iz84GcHQZryt5bt6I%3D&reserved=0>

_______________________________________________
cisco-voip mailing list
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpuck.nether.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fcisco-voip&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd026ed2da4224199412b08d594c9b385%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636578516373096019&sdata=o4bM2kekZLrGYfMbHC0CbRnASYmwFWCIS%2B4BwQNbcrQ%3D&reserved=0>

_______________________________________________
cisco-voip mailing list
cisco-voip at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpuck.nether.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fcisco-voip&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cca30d20097ed43af4d0a08d595981667%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636579402798368320&sdata=rmEKGRNkACouavgkrdk249ovE63%2Fv4VTZ0yMthsNf%2FE%3D&reserved=0>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-voip/attachments/20180329/d72dcb61/attachment.html>