what's wrong with this schema definition?

[kk]

I have this portion in my schema definition:

<xsd:simpleType name="MyTimeType">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:dateTime">
<xsd:pattern value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}-Z"/>
<xsd:pattern
value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}+\d{2}:\d{2}"/>
<xsd:pattern
value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}-\d{2}:\d{2}"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simepleType>

When I validate this with XMLSpy, it high-lights the second pattern
and gives this error message:

"This schema doesn't appear to be valid by itself (as a part
of anohter schema, it might still be OK): Schema error -
invalid regular expression: \ expected at position 41"

Could someone tell what's wrong with this pattern?

thanks a lot.

kk

[Martin Honnen]

kk wrote:

I have this portion in my schema definition:

<xsd:simpleType name="MyTimeType">
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:dateTime">
<xsd:pattern value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}-Z"/>
<xsd:pattern
value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}+\d{2}:\d{2}"/>
<xsd:pattern
value="\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{3}-\d{2}:\d{2}"/>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simepleType>

When I validate this with XMLSpy, it high-lights the second pattern
and gives this error message:

"This schema doesn't appear to be valid by itself (as a part
of anohter schema, it might still be OK): Schema error -
invalid regular expression: \ expected at position 41"

Could someone tell what's wrong with this pattern?

Have you tried using
\+
instead of
+
The plus symbol is meta character thus you might need to escape it to
have it literally included in the pattern

--

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

[kk]

Martin Honnen wrote:

Have you tried using
\+
instead of
+
The plus symbol is meta character thus you might need to escape it to
have it literally included in the pattern

Thank you very much, that was dumb on my part :)