Re: Multi-field key

<field> can be repeated to create a multi-field key.  I think that's what
you need, and "it's in there.".

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                    Ani Pedersen                                                                                                 
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Hello:
I have just started digging into XML and I need some help regarding mutiple
field keys.
The new XML schema - Structures does not give any solution in how to
implement multiple field keys. The only comment in section 3.10 is a note
that mentions that is not supported by xsl:key.
Is there an alternative way of defining multi-field keys? A workaround?
Maybe I am missing something?
This is an extract of what I anm working on and I need to define two fields
as key values (they have to be together). Unfortunately the structure I
came
up with allows me to indicate that they both should be present and in that
order (with group) and that both are keys. However, here I indicate that
they are independent keys and I don't want that. Is there a way of
restricting this looseness.

<element name="primaryCustomer" type="PrimaryCustomer" >
   <complexType name="PrimaryCustomer">
      <element ref="accountNumber" minOccurs = "0"/>
      ......

      <group name = "customerKey" >
         <sequence>
            <element ref="customerNumber"/>
            <element ref="customerSuffix"/>
         </sequence>
      </group>
   </complexType>

   <key name = "customerNumber" >
     <selector> customerKey/customerNumber </selector>
     <field> @name </field>
   </key>

   <key name = "customerSuffix" >
     <selector> customerKey/customerSuffix </selector>
     <field> @name </field>
   </key>
 </element>

Thanks for the help.

Ani Pedersen

Received on Tuesday, 11 April 2000 18:41:10 UTC