"David Thielen" <thielen@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:87F99090-5235-4A48-8D4E-9E76029E610C@microsoft.com...
> Hi;
>
> I have an xsd that has:
> <xsd:element name="purchaseOrder" type="PurchaseOrderType"/>
> <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string"/>
>
> I get this as an XmlSchema using:
> XmlSchema schema = XmlSchema.Read(new FileStream(datasource.SchemaUrl,
> FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read), null);
> schema.Compile(null);
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Is this the best way to get the schema? I am getting a warning that I
> should put it in an XmlSchemaSet and compile the set although this is my
> only
> schema.

> 2) The <purchaseOrder> element is the root node. But how do I know that
> from
> the xsd file? Is the root node always the first one and the rest are for
> references?

"John Saunders [MVP]" wrote:

> "David Thielen" <thielen@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:87F99090-5235-4A48-8D4E-9E76029E610C@microsoft.com...
> > Hi;
> >
> > I have an xsd that has:
> > <xsd:element name="purchaseOrder" type="PurchaseOrderType"/>
> > <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string"/>
> >
> > I get this as an XmlSchema using:
> > XmlSchema schema = XmlSchema.Read(new FileStream(datasource.SchemaUrl,
> > FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read), null);
> > schema.Compile(null);
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1) Is this the best way to get the schema? I am getting a warning that I
> > should put it in an XmlSchemaSet and compile the set although this is my
> > only
> > schema.
>
> I suggest you follow what the warning is telling you. XmlSchemaSet will
> allow for the possibility in the future that the first schema might refer to
> a second, or that your instance document will some day require more than one
> schema to describe it.
>
> > 2) The <purchaseOrder> element is the root node. But how do I know that
> > from
> > the xsd file? Is the root node always the first one and the rest are for
> > references?
>
> The schema fragment you've supplied permits either <purchaseOrder> or
> <comment> to be the root node in an instance document that validates against
> this schema (assuming it's the only schema being used).
>
> What are you trying to accomplish? What is it about the "root node" that you
> want to find out?
> --
> John Saunders [MVP]
>