XML Schema error on mutually exclusive fields

[wooks]

I have defined a schema with an xsd:choice element for 2 mutually
exclusive fields.

When both are present I get an error which is good, but what is not so
good is the error message which says something like "Element content
is invalid. Expecting: fieldname, {...."

The problem (if it is one) is that the "Expecting: fieldname..." bit
is wrong - fieldname is not the next field... in fact it's optional.
However it seems to have tagged the the correct field (the mutually
exclusive one) as being in error.

So is there truly an error here or is it simply a case of a crappy
somewhat misleading error message.

[Martin Honnen]

wooks wrote:

I have defined a schema with an xsd:choice element for 2 mutually
exclusive fields.

When both are present I get an error which is good, but what is not so
good is the error message which says something like "Element content
is invalid. Expecting: fieldname, {...."

The problem (if it is one) is that the "Expecting: fieldname..." bit
is wrong - fieldname is not the next field... in fact it's optional.
However it seems to have tagged the the correct field (the mutually
exclusive one) as being in error.

So is there truly an error here or is it simply a case of a crappy
somewhat misleading error message.

Which validating parser are you using?

--

Martin Honnen
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[wooks]

Martin Honnen <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<40********@olaf.komtel.net>...

wooks wrote:

I have defined a schema with an xsd:choice element for 2 mutually
exclusive fields.

When both are present I get an error which is good, but what is not so
good is the error message which says something like "Element content
is invalid. Expecting: fieldname, {...."

The problem (if it is one) is that the "Expecting: fieldname..." bit
is wrong - fieldname is not the next field... in fact it's optional.
However it seems to have tagged the the correct field (the mutually
exclusive one) as being in error.

So is there truly an error here or is it simply a case of a crappy
somewhat misleading error message.

Which validating parser are you using?

MSXML 4.0

[wooks]

Martin Honnen <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<40********@olaf.komtel.net>...

wooks wrote:

I have defined a schema with an xsd:choice element for 2 mutually
exclusive fields.

When both are present I get an error which is good, but what is not so
good is the error message which says something like "Element content
is invalid. Expecting: fieldname, {...."

The problem (if it is one) is that the "Expecting: fieldname..." bit
is wrong - fieldname is not the next field... in fact it's optional.
However it seems to have tagged the the correct field (the mutually
exclusive one) as being in error.

So is there truly an error here or is it simply a case of a crappy
somewhat misleading error message.

Which validating parser are you using?

MSXML 4.0

[Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz]

In <88**************************@posting.google.com >, on 07/16/2004
at 12:39 AM, wo****@hotmail.com (wooks) said:

MSXML 4.0

The software from m$ is notorious for incorrect, misleading and
unhelpful messages. Have you checked any of the alternatives?

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[wooks]

"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <sp******@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote in message news:<40***************************@news.patriot.n et>...

In <88**************************@posting.google.com >, on 07/16/2004
at 12:39 AM, wo****@hotmail.com (wooks) said:

MSXML 4.0

The software from m$ is notorious for incorrect, misleading and
unhelpful messages. Have you checked any of the alternatives?

No I will stick to using MSXML but now I know not to panic over
idiosyncratic error messages. THank you.