xml schema validation

[fayazmd]

Hi,

I am validating xml file against a schema. I am able to get errors if the xml tag value data type is not same as of schema. But i am not getting any errors if the tag value is null. I want to get an error whenever tag value is null where in schema it is specified as some data type.

How to get error if the xml tag value is null by validating against schema?

[jkmyoung]

Please post the relevant parts of your schema and xml file.

[fayazmd]

This is the Tag to which i have to validate. If the tag doesnt have any value in it, it should throw an error.
<SourceSystem ></SourceSystem>

For that i have written schema as

<xs:element name="SourceSys tem" type"xs:string" minOccurs="1" nillable="false " />

But my c# code is not throwing any error.

Please post the relevant parts of your schema and xml file.

[jkmyoung]

That particular tag is not null, it is the empty string; there is a subtle difference. I think you want instead:

<xs:element name="SourceSystem" minOccurs="1" nillable="false">
<xs:simpleType>
  <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
    <xs:minLength value="1"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>

--If it were null it would have an xsi:null attribute.

[fayazmd]

Yes I understood,

I want to impliment this code but i am getting error. The error message is

{"Expected Schema root. Make sure that the root element is <schema> and the namespace is 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' for an XSD schema or 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data' for an XDR schema. An error occurred at , (2, 2)." }

my xsd first two lines are

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

I am giving same namespace even i am getting error.

That particular tag is not null, it is the empty string; there is a subtle difference. I think you want instead:

<xs:element name="SourceSystem" minOccurs="1" nillable="false">
<xs:simpleType>
  <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
    <xs:minLength value="1"/>
  </xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>

--If it were null it would have an xsi:null attribute.

[jkmyoung]

Small fix, note the :xs
[code=xml]
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
[/code]

[fayazmd]

Thanks a lot!
It's working fine.
But, one request
It is throwing an error "The 'SourceSystem' element has an invalid value according to its data type."
Which i feel is improper for my application, since data is empty but it is throwing dataype error.

I should throw an error that the tag should not be empty or similar to this.

Small fix, note the :xs
[code=xml]
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
[/code]

[jkmyoung]

That's really an issue for the data validator. The two possible solutions are: use a different validator. Write code changes to the validator.

[fayazmd]

Thank you once again.

i am doing empty validation in c#.

That's really an issue for the data validator. The two possible solutions are: use a different validator. Write code changes to the validator.