Bonnie,

IIRC, in my VFP application I have come across cases where the tag was empty but the default value was set based on the schema file. And this is what I expected from .NET Dataset too. Maybe it is a bug in Dataset or maybe "feature" <g>. Thank you.


>Dmitry,
>
>An empty tag is read as being an empty string. And that's not a boolean value. The tag element has to be totally absent, then the default will kick in.
>
>So, instead of this:
>

>	<field>
>		<fld_name>FiscalYear</fld_name>
>		<fld_desc>Fiscal Year</fld_desc>
>		<fld_type>N</fld_type>
>		<fld_len>4</fld_len>
>		<def_value>123</def_value>
>		<req_entry></req_entry>
>	</field>
>

>
>You would have this:
>

>	<field>
>		<fld_name>FiscalYear</fld_name>
>		<fld_desc>Fiscal Year</fld_desc>
>		<fld_type>N</fld_type>
>		<fld_len>4</fld_len>
>		<def_value>123</def_value>
>	</field>
>

>
>This will apply to the numeric fields as well. Even strings, although in your case you defaulted a string element to an empty string anyway, so you wouldn't notice the problem there. Maybe it's a bug in DataSet.ReadXml(), but if there's a way around it, I'm not aware of it.
>
>~~Bonnie
>
>
>>Hi Viv,
>>
>>Here are the files:
>>-- first XSD:
>>
>>

>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>><xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >
>>	<xsd:element name="rules">
>>		<xsd:complexType>
>>		<xsd:sequence>
>>	<xsd:element name="field" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>>		<xsd:complexType>
>>			<xsd:sequence>
>>				<xsd:element name="fld_name" type="xsd:string"/>
>>				<xsd:element name="fld_desc" type="xsd:string"/>
>>				<xsd:element name="fld_type" type="xsd:string"/>
>>				<xsd:element name="fld_len" default="0" type="xsd:int"/>
>>				<xsd:element name="def_value" default="" type="xsd:string"/>
>>				<xsd:element name="req_entry" default="false" type="xsd:boolean"/>				
>>			</xsd:sequence>
>>		</xsd:complexType>
>>	</xsd:element>
>>		</xsd:sequence>
>>	</xsd:complexType>
>></xsd:element>			
>></xsd:schema>
>>

>>
>>-- And this is XML:
>>

>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>><rules xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
>>	xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="RulesXml.xsd" >
>>	<field>
>>		<fld_name>ProjectAccount</fld_name>
>>		<fld_desc>Project ID/Account Number</fld_desc>
>>		<fld_type>C</fld_type>
>>		<fld_len>16</fld_len>
>>		<def_value></def_value>
>>		<req_entry>true</req_entry>
>>	</field>
>>	<field>
>>		<fld_name>FiscalYear</fld_name>
>>		<fld_desc>Fiscal Year</fld_desc>
>>		<fld_type>N</fld_type>
>>		<fld_len>4</fld_len>
>>		<def_value>123</def_value>
>>		<req_entry>false</req_entry>
>>	</field>
>></rules>	
>>

>>
>>Note that if I blank the tag "reg_entry" I get error.
>>
>>Let me know if you see any issues in my XML/XSD.
>>
>>Thank you.