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> What is the behavior of other tools?
>
> Alessandro Triglia
I have reran it through the MSXML 4.0, and it does not exhibit this
behavior:
"&&&&" counts as 4 chartacters.
>> Any way to make the parser decode the entity before checking
>> the string length?
>They are supposed to do that.
>Julian
It seems to be the case of XMLSpy bug...
Thanks
-Marek
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Zielinski, Marek [mailto:mzielinski@gma.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 13:47
> > To: 'Xml-Dev (E-mail)
> > Subject: [xml-dev] Will "AT&T" fit in a string attribute with
> > maxLength="4"?
> >
> >
> > I am trying to define restrictions on string lengths using
> > Schema. The data actually comes from databases, and is
> > exchanged between two different systems. I encountered a
> > snag: when the string contains one of the reserved
> > characters, like "&", the parser automatically translates it
> > into an entity, e.g. &. This increases the length of the
> > string, and now the string does not fit; the validator (I am
> > using XMLSpy) rejects it as too long.
>
>
> How can & count as 5 characters, given that it is present in the
> infoset as a single ISO/IEC 10646 character? Would & count as 5
> characters too?? I hope not.
>
> What does XML Spy check facets against, the XML 1.0 serialization, or
> the infoset?
>
> What is the behavior of other tools?
>
> Alessandro Triglia
>
>
> >
> > I could add a couple of characters to the maxLength
> > restriction, but this defeats the purpose of length limit.
> > Besides, to be safe I would need to make the limit about 4
> > times larger than the intended limitation on the actual
> > string length. (i.e. if want to limit string to 4 chars, and
> > the string happens to be "&&&&")
> >
> > Any solution? Any way to make the parser decode the entity
> > before checking the string length?
> >
> > -Marek Zielinski
> > GMA
> >
> > Example below: the XML does not validate, although the string
> > is originally 'AT&T'.
> >
> > Sample XML:
> > <PhoneCompany Name="AT&T"/>
> >
> > Sample Schema:
> > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> > elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
> > <xs:element name="PhoneCompany">
> > <xs:complexType>
> > <xs:attribute name="Name" use="optional">
> > <xs:simpleType>
> > <xs:restriction
> > base="xs:string">
> > <xs:maxLength
> > value="4"/>
> > </xs:restriction>
> > </xs:simpleType>
> > </xs:attribute>
> > </xs:complexType>
> > </xs:element>
> > </xs:schema>
> >
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