XMLVALIDATE()

Purpose

Function to validate an XML file against its DTD file

Syntax

XMLVALIDATE(<XML filename>)

See Also

COPY, FETCH, PRINT_XML(), SELECT, SET XMLFORMAT, UPDATE, XML, XML_DECODE(), XML_ENCODE(), XML_GATHER(), XML_SCATTER(), XMLCOUNT(), XMLCREATEDTD(), XMLFIRST(), XMLNEXT(), XQUERY(), XQUERY ATTRIBUTES(), XQUERY_CLOSE(), XQUERY_COUNT(), XQUERY_DECODE(), XQUERY_FILE(), XQUERY_FIND(), XQUERY_NODE(), XQUERY_OPEN(), XQUERY_SELECT()

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 Lianja creates an accompanying DTD file when creating XML files. A DTD file is only created when XMLFORMAT is set to Lianja.

Example

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