SharePoint WebService Response and XML Parsing

XML Parsing

XML Returned by WebService Call
<br /> <groups xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/"><br /> <br /> <group id="9" name="ABELNOSERCORP-BrokerDealer-USER-GROUP" description="" ownerid="1073741823" ownerisuser="True"><br /> <group id="5" name="SharePoint Development Portal Members" description="Use this group to give people contribute permissions to the SharePoint site: SharePoint Development Portal" ownerid="3" ownerisuser="False"><br /> <group id="3" name="SharePoint Development Portal Owners" description="Use this group to give people full control permissions to the SharePoint site: SharePoint Development Portal" ownerid="3" ownerisuser="False"><br /> <group id="4" name="SharePoint Development Portal Visitors" description="Use this group to give people read permissions to the SharePoint site: SharePoint Development Portal" ownerid="3" ownerisuser="False"><br /> </group><br /> <br /> </groups><br />

XML Parsing

private bool IsGroupExisting(ugWebService.UserGroup ugws, ArrayList grps)
{
bool flag = false;
try
{
if (grps != null & grps.Count != 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < grps.Count; i++)
{
//Find the groups in the SP Level and if any exists notify
System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroup = ugws.GetGroupCollectionFromWeb();
System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(ndGroup.InnerXml);
System.Xml.XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
System.Xml.XmlNodeList lst = root.GetElementsByTagName("Group");

foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode n in lst)
{
string name = n.Attributes[1].Value;
EventLogHandler.AddApplicationEventLog("IsGroupExisting Name ..." + name);
if(name.Trim().Equals(grps[i].ToString().Trim()))
{
flag = true;
break;
}//if
}//for each
if (flag)
break;

}//for
}//if
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception(ex.Message);
}

SharePoint Deplyoment Jobs frozen or stuck

Timer Jobs Status Stuck ..

i.e. when you check in the Centrl Admin under Solution Management, all you see is ...deploying, retracting, ...

Create a batch file and execute the following before and after the solution deployment on each application and web server in the SharePoint farm:

Content of the batch file below:
stsadm.exe -o execadmsvcjobs
sleep 15
net stop SPTimerV3
sleep 5
net stop SPAdmin
sleep 5
net start SPTimerV3
sleep 5
net start SPAdmin
sleep 5
iisreset /noforce


NOTE: Can't find sleep command. Use the external sleep command you can search for Windows Server 2008 Resource Kit or Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit