xml duplicated field name

[sweetpotatop@yahoo.com]

Hi,

I am wondering if it alright to have duplicate attribute name in an
xml file. As you can see below, there is an attribute called
<FieldNote>, then another one at the bottom. Besides, you can see the
2nd FieldNote attribute doesn't have an open tag, does this file looks
right at all?


<AuditType>2</AuditType>

<FieldNote>0</FieldNote>

<Date>2/1/2008</Date>
<EventID>149406 </EventID>
<EventType>2</EventType>
<FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>

<FieldNote />

Thanks in advance. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Martin Honnen]

Re: xml duplicated field name

sweetpotatop@ya hoo.com wrote:

Hi,
>
I am wondering if it alright to have duplicate attribute name in an
xml file. As you can see below, there is an attribute called
<FieldNote>, then another one at the bottom. Besides, you can see the
2nd FieldNote attribute doesn't have an open tag, does this file looks
right at all?
>
>
<AuditType>2</AuditType>
>
<FieldNote>0</FieldNote>
>
<Date>2/1/2008</Date>
<EventID>149406 </EventID>
<EventType>2</EventType>
<FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>
>
<FieldNote />

You have two _elements_ of the name FieldNote. That is allowed. You
can't have two _attributes_ of the same name on the same element however
e.g.
<foo FieldNote="bar" FieldNote="baz"/>
is not allowed.



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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[sweetpotatop@yahoo.com]

Re: xml duplicated field name

On Jun 12, 10:37 am, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yaho o.dewrote:

sweetpota...@ya hoo.com wrote:

Hi,

>

I am wondering if it alright to have duplicate attribute name in an
xml file. As you can see below, there is an attribute called
<FieldNote>, then another one at the bottom. Besides, you can see the
2nd FieldNote attribute doesn't have an open tag, does this file looks
right at all?

>

  <AuditType>2</AuditType>

>

  <FieldNote>0</FieldNote>

>

  <Date>2/1/2008</Date>
  <EventID>149406 </EventID>
  <EventType>2</EventType>
  <FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>

>

  <FieldNote />

>
You have two _elements_ of the name FieldNote. That is allowed. You
can't have two _attributes_ of the same name on the same element however
e.g.
   <foo FieldNote="bar" FieldNote="baz"/>
is not allowed.
>
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>
        Martin Honnen
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>
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Thanks, how about the 2nd elements without the open tag? i.e. with
just <FieldNote />, but not <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />

Thanks

[Joseph J. Kesselman]

Re: xml duplicated field name

just <FieldNote />, but not <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-EmptyElemTag

[Martin Honnen]

Re: xml duplicated field name

sweetpotatop@ya hoo.com wrote:

Thanks, how about the 2nd elements without the open tag? i.e. with
just <FieldNote />, but not <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />

Sorry, I don't understand what you are asking now.
<FieldNote><Fie ldNote />
does not make sense, you either need
<FieldNote></FieldNote>
or
<FieldNote><Fie ldNote /></FieldNote>
where the first is an empty FieldNote element and the second is a
FieldNote element that has one child node, a second FieldNote element.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[sweetpotatop@yahoo.com]

Re: xml duplicated field name

On Jun 12, 10:58 am, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yaho o.dewrote:

sweetpota...@ya hoo.com wrote:

Thanks, how about the 2nd elements without the open tag? i.e. with
just <FieldNote />, but not <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />

>
Sorry, I don't understand what you are asking now.
   <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />
does not make sense, you either need
   <FieldNote></FieldNote>
or
   <FieldNote><Fie ldNote /></FieldNote>
where the first is an empty FieldNote element and the second is a
FieldNote element that has one child node, a second FieldNote element.
>
--
>
        Martin Honnen
       http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Alright, by looking at

<FieldNote>0</FieldNote>
<Date>2/1/2008</Date>
<EventID>149406 </EventID>
<EventType>2</EventType>
<FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>
<FieldNote />
<NewValue>1</NewValue>

The first FieldNote has a value of "0"
How about the 2nd one? what does <FieldNote /mean?

Thanks in advance.

[Martin Honnen]

Re: xml duplicated field name

sweetpotatop@ya hoo.com wrote:

<FieldNote>0</FieldNote>
<Date>2/1/2008</Date>
<EventID>149406 </EventID>
<EventType>2</EventType>
<FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>
<FieldNote />
<NewValue>1</NewValue>
>
The first FieldNote has a value of "0"
How about the 2nd one? what does <FieldNote /mean?

<FieldNote /is a short form of <FieldNote></FieldNote>, it is an empty
FieldNode element.


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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Peter Flynn]

Re: xml duplicated field name

sweetpotatop@ya hoo.com wrote:

On Jun 12, 10:58 am, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yaho o.dewrote:

>sweetpota...@y ahoo.com wrote:

>>Thanks, how about the 2nd elements without the open tag? i.e. with
>>just <FieldNote />, but not <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />

>Sorry, I don't understand what you are asking now.
> <FieldNote><Fie ldNote />
>does not make sense, you either need
> <FieldNote></FieldNote>
>or
> <FieldNote><Fie ldNote /></FieldNote>
>where the first is an empty FieldNote element and the second is a
>FieldNote element that has one child node, a second FieldNote element.
>>
>--
>>
> Martin Honnen
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

>
Alright, by looking at
>
<FieldNote>0</FieldNote>
<Date>2/1/2008</Date>
<EventID>149406 </EventID>
<EventType>2</EventType>
<FieldName>Appr oval</FieldName>
<FieldNote />
<NewValue>1</NewValue>
>
The first FieldNote has a value of "0"
How about the 2nd one? what does <FieldNote /mean?

In terms of markup, it means the element is present but it has no value.

What it means in terms of your business process is a question only you
can answer.

///Peter
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