Re[2]: Keyref not working in MSXML4 - is it correct?

Jeni,

>> I have a very simple keyref set up, as shown in the example below.
>> In XMLSpy 4.1 the document validates fine. In MSXML4 i get an error
>> saying:
>>
>>    The keyref "FORM_1" does not resolve to a key for the Identity
>>    Constraint "FormKey".
>>
>> I can't see anything wrong with the code, so would I be right in
>> thinking there's something wrong in MSXML4 ??

JT> I think so. It looks OK and works OK with XSV and MSV.


I finally got a reply from MS on this. They say that my Keyref was
wrong:

  "You need to specify the full location path to the Form element in the xpath
   attribute value of the xs:keyref element.

   <xs:keyref name="Form_FormKeyRef" refer="FormKey">
      <xs:selector xpath="Root/Form"/>
      <xs:field xpath="@FormID"/>
   </xs:keyref> "

This change did indeed fix the problem, but it doesn't look to me like
it should work. Given that this Keyref is defined INSIDE the <Root>
element, surely the selector should not itself contain "Root". The Key
element in my example does not have "Root" in it and it works OK. Can
you confirm that I should not need "Root/Form" but simply "Form",
given that this is defined inside <Root>?

Just out of interest I tried "./Form" which also works fine and makes
sense, but "Root/Form" does not. To me, "./Form" says exactly the same
thing as "Form".



Here are the original files I was working with:

[document]

<Root xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="\keyTest.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Form FormID="FORM_1"/>
  <IDs>
    <Form ID="FORM_1"/>
  </IDs>
</Root>


[Schema]

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
  <xs:element name="Root">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="Form" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:attribute name="FormID" type="xs:IDREF" use="required"/>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element name="IDs">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="Form" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:attribute name="ID" type="xs:ID" use="required"/>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:key name="FormKey">
      <xs:selector xpath="IDs/Form"/>
      <xs:field xpath="@ID"/>
    </xs:key>
    <xs:keyref name="Form_FormKeyRef" refer="FormKey">
      <xs:selector xpath="Form"/>
      <xs:field xpath="@FormID"/>
    </xs:keyref>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Received on Tuesday, 11 December 2001 07:31:45 UTC