Ecom Product ShortDescription and LongDescription? How can I get the text?

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Brian Mucha
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When I use WebServices to query ecom products (using c#) I get an object full of KeyValuePairs <string,object> which all look great {[Title, Falming Lips Tickets]} except for the two descriptions. For those I get something like {[ShortDescription, donation/premium_description/1081_1730]}.

 

So whats going on here? (I know that 1081 is the ProductId.) The WDSL describes these as strings. Is there a way to get the actual html or text extract of the descriptions?


      <Record xsi:type="ens:smileytongue:roduct">

        <ens:smileytongue:roductId>1081</ens:smileytongue:roductId>

        <ens:Title>Flaming Lips Tickets</ens:Title>

        <ens:smileyfrustrated:hortDescription>donation/premium_description/1081_1730</ens:smileyfrustrated:hortDescription>

        <ens:LongDescription>donation/premium_description/1081_1730_long</ens:LongDescription>

        <ens:CreationDate>2009-11-10T22:16:26Z</ens:CreationDate>

        <ens:CreatedBy>1279041</ens:CreatedBy>

        <ens:ModifyDate>2009-11-10T22:36:46Z</ens:ModifyDate>

        <ens:LastChangeBy>1279041</ens:LastChangeBy>

      </Record>

 

 

PS - Can someone also explain the difference between an Item and a Product? As far as I can tell there is a one-to-one relationship. Why are they separate objects?

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