XSD One to Many Schema

[Bob]

Hi,
I am new to XML schemas.
I am going to be moving a text file from machine A to machine B. (My app on
both)
So I figured I would construct an XSD schema of the file layout (which in
itself is a rolling around in my head.)
Anyway I see this file having a one contains many structure.
ie There is a Batch element which will contain a number of BatchMember
Elements.
I can see how to construct this in the XML editor.
I want
<FileList xmlns="http://tempuri.org/MyFile.xsd>
<Header> some header stuff <\Header>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>1</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>2</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
</FileList

The closest I have come is treating Batch and BatchMember like a couple of
database tables with a parent child relationship. But this entails adding a
foreign key field to the BatchMember Element.
This approach also falls short because I want to put multiple batches in the
file.
Is there way to tackle this?
Thanks
Bob

[Ted Miller]

Maybe something like so. Note that the BatchNum might be redundant, since
you can rely on XML order.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema id="MyFile.xsd"
targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/MyFile.xsd"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/MyFile.xsd"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xs:element name="FileList" type="FileListType" />

<xs:complexType name="FileListType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Header" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="Batch" type="BatchType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

<xs:complexType name="BatchType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="BatchNum" type="xs:int" />
<xs:element name="BatcmMember" type="xs:string" maxOccurs="unbounded"
/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

</xs:schema>
"Bob" <bo*@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
I am new to XML schemas.
I am going to be moving a text file from machine A to machine B. (My app
on
both)
So I figured I would construct an XSD schema of the file layout (which in
itself is a rolling around in my head.)
Anyway I see this file having a one contains many structure.
ie There is a Batch element which will contain a number of BatchMember
Elements.
I can see how to construct this in the XML editor.
I want
<FileList xmlns="http://tempuri.org/MyFile.xsd>
<Header> some header stuff <\Header>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>1</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>2</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
</FileList

The closest I have come is treating Batch and BatchMember like a couple of
database tables with a parent child relationship. But this entails adding
a
foreign key field to the BatchMember Element.
This approach also falls short because I want to put multiple batches in
the
file.
Is there way to tackle this?
Thanks
Bob

[Bob]

Don't Worry,
Problem Solved.
Bob
"Bob" <bo*@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Ob****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,
I am new to XML schemas.
I am going to be moving a text file from machine A to machine B. (My app on both)
So I figured I would construct an XSD schema of the file layout (which in
itself is a rolling around in my head.)
Anyway I see this file having a one contains many structure.
ie There is a Batch element which will contain a number of BatchMember
Elements.
I can see how to construct this in the XML editor.
I want
<FileList xmlns="http://tempuri.org/MyFile.xsd>
<Header> some header stuff <\Header>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>1</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
<Batch>
<BatchNum>2</BatchNum>
<BatchMember>1</BatchMember>
<BatchMember>2</BatchMember>
</Batch>
</FileList

The closest I have come is treating Batch and BatchMember like a couple of
database tables with a parent child relationship. But this entails adding a foreign key field to the BatchMember Element.
This approach also falls short because I want to put multiple batches in the file.
Is there way to tackle this?
Thanks
Bob