Originally posted by: raj1

what is meant by validating the xml file? is it by creating a type tree for the xsd and checking whether the xml file fits into it or not? or are there any other functions to be used?
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Originally posted by: Ravikt

Validation means checking for the below conditions
1. The XML instance(document) is well-formed.
2. The XML instance satisfies all the rules of the XSD or DTD (Both DTD & XSD can be used, the advanced one is XSD using which strict rules can be imposed to validate structure as well as data)
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Originally posted by: raj1

Awesome!ravikt,But i would like to know how we can acheive this in WTX? i mean, i would like to know how we do the validation for XML date in wtx?
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Originally posted by: janhess

Import the xsd into type designer and use the resultant type tree in the input card. This will validate the xml.
Alternatively use the VALIDATE function to validate parts or all of the xml
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Can't you also validate against the XSD by specifying it in the Doc properties? It appears that the standard validation takes place followed by the XSD validation by the external parser. Here's an example of what followed the standard (and successful) validation trace:

External Parser returned Error:


 TYPE X
'0003' (Error 
line: 23 column: 47


 Datatype error: Type:InvalidDatatypeValueException, Message:Value 
'040-404-0404' does not match regular expression facet 
'(\+
^\-+{1,25}-)?(
^\-+{1,25}-)?(
^\-+{1,25})(\+
^\-+{1,25})?'.



  Error 
line: 53 column: 48


 Datatype error: Type:InvalidDatatypeValueException, Message:Value 
'913-422-9303' does not match regular expression facet 
'(\+
^\-+{1,25}-)?(
^\-+{1,25}-)?(
^\-+{1,25})(\+
^\-+{1,25})?'.



  Error 
line: 70 column: 47


 Datatype error: Type:InvalidDatatypeValueExcep).



  (Level 0: Offset 0, len 2921, comp 1 of 0, #1, DI 000000A9:)


 Data at offset 0 (
'<?xml version="1') was found to be of TYPE


 X
'0002' (DocGroup XSD).



  INPUT 1 was valid, but it contained invalid objects.

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Originally posted by: Ravikt

U can also directly use XSD in the input card as TypeTree in WTX8.2 to validate the xml file.
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