XmlSchemaDatatype xs:integer=System.Decimal?

[Ted]

I have some code which processes an xsd. For elements of type
xs:integer the XmlSchemaDatatype object gotten from the schema
elements ElementType member contains a ValueType of System.Decimal. I
don't get it it should be System.Int32 or some other integer type but
not a decimal. Any ideas why this is happening?

btw: I'm using msxml 4.0.

Ted

[SQL Server Development Team]

The W3C XML Schema recommendation specifies that the xs:integer type map to
a type with infinite precision. Since the System.Decimal type has a larger
maximum value than the System.Int32 type we picked that.

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I have some code which processes an xsd. For elements of type
xs:integer the XmlSchemaDatatype object gotten from the schema
elements ElementType member contains a ValueType of System.Decimal. I
don't get it it should be System.Int32 or some other integer type but
not a decimal. Any ideas why this is happening?

btw: I'm using msxml 4.0.

Ted