Max and min values in DTD

[Mithil]

HI all,

Could anyone plz tell me whether max and min values can be specified
in DTD for an attirbute ? if not is there any way around it ? any help
and suggestion is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Mithil

[Richard Tobin]

Re: Max and min values in DTD

In article <1188232671.084 044.134990@l22g 2000prc.googleg roups.com>,
Mithil <mithil.mohan@g mail.comwrote:

>Could anyone plz tell me whether max and min values can be specified
>in DTD for an attirbute ? if not is there any way around it ?

No, it can't be done. DTDs don't provide any way to specify numeric
ranges. (Unless your range is something small like 1-5, in which case
you could possibly list all the legal values.)

The workaround is to use a different schema language, or check the
value in your application.

-- Richard
--
"Considerat ion shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

[Martin Honnen]

Re: Max and min values in DTD

Mithil wrote:

Could anyone plz tell me whether max and min values can be specified
in DTD for an attirbute ? if not is there any way around it ? any help
and suggestion is greatly appreciated.

A DTD does not allow that. The W3C XML schema language however allows it
using the min/maxInclusive or min/maxExclusive facets:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#rf-facets

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Mithil]

Re: Max and min values in DTD

Thanks Martin and Richard

[The Magpie]

Re: Max and min values in DTD

Mithil wrote:

HI all,
>
Could anyone plz tell me whether max and min values can be specified
in DTD for an attirbute ? if not is there any way around it ? any help
and suggestion is greatly appreciated.
>

Don't think you can do that in a DTD, though you can in a Schema.