XML in Access 2003: IXMLDOMNode - Invalid Character in Content Mod

[SHC]

Hi all,
I ran the attached volcanoes.xml (with geology.dtd) in the Module of Access
2003.
I got the following error:
Microsoft Office Access
You have error Invalid Character in
content model.
|OK|

Please help and advise me what is wrong in my source code and how to correct
the problem.
Thanks in advance,
SHC

////---volcanoes.xml---////
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE geology SYSTEM "geology.dt d">
<!-- Volcano data -->
<geology>
<volcano name="Erebus">
<location>Ros s Island, Antarctica</location>
<height value="3794" unit="m"/>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<eruption>const ant activity</eruption>
<magma>basani te to trachyte</magma>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Hekla">
<location>Icela nd</location>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<height value="1491" unit="m"/>
<eruption>197 0</eruption>
<eruption>198 0</eruption>
<eruption>199 1</eruption>
<magma>calcalka line</magma>
<comment>The type is actually intermediate between crater row
and stratovolcano types</comment>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Mauna Loa">
<location>Hawai i</location>
<type>shield</type>
<height value="13677" unit="ft"/>
<eruption>198 4</eruption>
<magma>basaltic </magma>
</volcano>
</geology>

/////---geology.dtd---////
<!ELEMENT geology (volcano)+>
<!ELEMENT volcano (location, height, type, eruption+, magma, comment?>
<!ATTLIST volcano name CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT location (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT height EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST height value CDATA #IMPLIED
unit CDATA #IMPLIED)
<!ELEMENT type (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT eruption (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT magma (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT comment (#PCDATA)>

[SHC]

More attachment to add to this post. SHC

The source code in the Module of Access 2003 is:

Sub getGeologyNodeL ist()

' The following Microsoft® Visual Basic® example uses vocanoes.xml
' to create an IXMLDOMNodeList and display its XML.
' Supports iteration through the live collection, in addition to
' indexed access.
Dim xmlDoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocum ent50
Dim currNode As IXMLDOMNode

Set xmlDoc = New MSXML2.DOMDocum ent50

xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.Load ("C:\MSXML-msdn\volcanoes. xml")

If (xmlDoc.parseEr ror.errorCode <> 0) Then
Dim myErr
Set myErr = xmlDoc.parseErr or
MsgBox ("You have error " & myErr.reason)
Else
Set objNodeList = xmlDoc.getEleme ntsByTagName("v olcano")
Dim strResult As String
strResult = "The node list has " & objNodeList.len gth & _
" items." & vbCrLf
MsgBox ("strResult-how many?: " & strResult)
Dim x As Long
x = 1
For x = 1 To objNodeList.len gth
strResult = strResult & CStr(x) & ": " & objNodeList.Ite m(x - 1).XML &
vbCrLf
Next
MsgBox ("strResult-details: " & strResult)
End If
End Sub

"SHC" wrote:

Hi all,
I ran the attached volcanoes.xml (with geology.dtd) in the Module of Access
2003.
I got the following error:
Microsoft Office Access
You have error Invalid Character in
content model.
|OK|

Please help and advise me what is wrong in my source code and how to correct
the problem.
Thanks in advance,
SHC

////---volcanoes.xml---////
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE geology SYSTEM "geology.dt d">
<!-- Volcano data -->
<geology>
<volcano name="Erebus">
<location>Ros s Island, Antarctica</location>
<height value="3794" unit="m"/>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<eruption>const ant activity</eruption>
<magma>basani te to trachyte</magma>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Hekla">
<location>Icela nd</location>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<height value="1491" unit="m"/>
<eruption>197 0</eruption>
<eruption>198 0</eruption>
<eruption>199 1</eruption>
<magma>calcalka line</magma>
<comment>The type is actually intermediate between crater row
and stratovolcano types</comment>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Mauna Loa">
<location>Hawai i</location>
<type>shield</type>
<height value="13677" unit="ft"/>
<eruption>198 4</eruption>
<magma>basaltic </magma>
</volcano>
</geology>

/////---geology.dtd---////
<!ELEMENT geology (volcano)+>
<!ELEMENT volcano (location, height, type, eruption+, magma, comment?>
<!ATTLIST volcano name CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT location (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT height EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST height value CDATA #IMPLIED
unit CDATA #IMPLIED)
<!ELEMENT type (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT eruption (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT magma (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT comment (#PCDATA)>

[Chris Lovett]

The following element declaration in the DTD has some incomplete syntax:

<!ELEMENT volcano (location, height, type, eruption+, magma, comment?>

In particular, there is a missing close paren after the question mark. This
should be:

<!ELEMENT volcano (location, height, type, eruption+, magma, comment?)>

There is also a problem with the ATTLIST:

<!ATTLIST height value CDATA #IMPLIED unit CDATA #IMPLIED)

The close paren should be a close angle bracket:

<!ATTLIST height value CDATA #IMPLIED unit CDATA #IMPLIED>

Then this will allow the DTD to load but you will now get some validation
errors because the XML does not fully comply with this DTD. In particular:

Warning: The element 'volcano' has invalid child element 'type'. Expected
'height'.

Hint: you can find and fix errors like this easily using Visual Studio 2005
Beta 2 Express editions (VBExpress or C# express, or Web Express) which you
can download from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/.

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Hi all,
I ran the attached volcanoes.xml (with geology.dtd) in the Module of
Access
2003.
I got the following error:
Microsoft Office Access
You have error Invalid Character in
content model.
|OK|

Please help and advise me what is wrong in my source code and how to
correct
the problem.
Thanks in advance,
SHC

////---volcanoes.xml---////
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE geology SYSTEM "geology.dt d">
<!-- Volcano data -->
<geology>
<volcano name="Erebus">
<location>Ros s Island, Antarctica</location>
<height value="3794" unit="m"/>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<eruption>const ant activity</eruption>
<magma>basani te to trachyte</magma>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Hekla">
<location>Icela nd</location>
<type>stratovol cano</type>
<height value="1491" unit="m"/>
<eruption>197 0</eruption>
<eruption>198 0</eruption>
<eruption>199 1</eruption>
<magma>calcalka line</magma>
<comment>The type is actually intermediate between crater row
and stratovolcano types</comment>
</volcano>
<volcano name="Mauna Loa">
<location>Hawai i</location>
<type>shield</type>
<height value="13677" unit="ft"/>
<eruption>198 4</eruption>
<magma>basaltic </magma>
</volcano>
</geology>

/////---geology.dtd---////
<!ELEMENT geology (volcano)+>
<!ELEMENT volcano (location, height, type, eruption+, magma, comment?>
<!ATTLIST volcano name CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT location (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT height EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST height value CDATA #IMPLIED
unit CDATA #IMPLIED)
<!ELEMENT type (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT eruption (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT magma (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT comment (#PCDATA)>