XMLVALIDATE()

XMLVALIDATE()

Class

XML

Purpose

Function to validate an XML file against its DTD file

Syntax

XMLVALIDATE(<XML filename>)

See Also

XMLCOUNT(), XMLCREATEDTD(), XMLFIRST(), XMLNEXT(), COPY TO, SELECT, FETCH, UPDATE

Description

The XMLVALIDATE() function will validate an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file against its Document Type Definition (DTD).

Parameters	Required	Default	Description
<XML filename>	Yes	None	The name of the XML file to validate.

The XMLVALIDATE() function will return .T. for success and .F. if it fails.

Note: The XMLFORMAT setting determines whether Recital creates an accompanying DTD file when creating XML files. A DTD file is only created when XMLFORMAT is set to Recital.

Example

? xmlvalidate("sales.xml")
.T.

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer