RE: getAttribute()

[Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The XML parser that is contained in the MSXSL Technology Preview does not
check the DTD.  And no, this is not a feature.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henning Behme [mailto:hb@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 8:15 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: getAttribute()


Hi,

Jonathan Marsh writes:

> Yes, this is true.  If you have "year" elements without "which" attributes
> or "event" elements without "status" elements MSXSL will generate this
error
> instead of returning null.  The easiest workaround in this case would be
to
> make sure these attributes are always present.
>
as regards to the question, why getAttribute fails to work properly, if
any of the elements in question don't have this particular attribute.

What I did was to put it this way:

<!ATTLIST event
          cat   (general|...|w3c) "general"
          subcat  (conf|paper|...|no) "no"
          status (...) "none">

so, in a way (default way) every single element has a value for this
attribute.  Does this mean, msxsl doesn't check the DTD for default
values? And, if yes, is that considered to be a feature ;-) ?

Best regards,
Henning Behme

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