"Paul Cheevers" <paul@brightwork.com> wrote in message
news:uqpc1OEEFHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to write some schema to validate the Value element of an
Eq
> element but to no avail. If the Value Element is off type DateTime then
the
> node should be able to contain text (the actual date string) or the <Today
> /> element.
>
> I can write schema to validate either one off the options seperately but
> cannot write it in a way which allows either one off the options.
>
> Hope that makes since, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> I've included some sample XML of what I'm trying to validate below.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> <And>
> <Eq>
> <FieldRef Name="DueDate" />
> <Value Type="DateTime">
> <Today />
> </Value>
> </Eq>
> <Eq>
> <FieldRef Name="DueDate" />
> <Value Type="DateTime">11/11/05</Value>
> </Eq>
> </And>
>
>
>

"Zafar Abbas [MSFT]" <zafara@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#XDPoCKEFHA.3992@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> You can not restrict the content of the element based on the value of one
> the attributes of that element, in XmlSchema. You are trying to use an
> element of mixed content (both text and element content) and if so, you
can
> not restrict the text value in the element to a data type.
>
>
>
> "Paul Cheevers" <paul@brightwork.com> wrote in message
> news:uqpc1OEEFHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been trying to write some schema to validate the Value element of
an
> Eq
> > element but to no avail. If the Value Element is off type DateTime then
> the
> > node should be able to contain text (the actual date string) or the
<Today
> > /> element.
> >
> > I can write schema to validate either one off the options seperately but
> > cannot write it in a way which allows either one off the options.
> >
> > Hope that makes since, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > I've included some sample XML of what I'm trying to validate below.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Paul
> >
> > <And>
> > <Eq>
> > <FieldRef Name="DueDate" />
> > <Value Type="DateTime">
> > <Today />
> > </Value>
> > </Eq>
> > <Eq>
> > <FieldRef Name="DueDate" />
> > <Value Type="DateTime">11/11/05</Value>
> > </Eq>
> > </And>
> >
> >
> >
>
>