Does an app loading an XML file care if empty fields are missing?

[myggirl]

Newbie here folks...I'm creating a simple XML file from Excel 2007 to load data into a database. The issue is that unpopulated column headings (fields) are not being added to the XML file. Personally I don't care since there's no data in them but when this file is loaded will the app likely care? FYI it's not my app so I'm looking for a 'general xml' perspective here.

Thanks

 

[hwkranger]

No, it shouldn't -- but then it depends on how they did it. Remember that anything is possible.

My guess is that these are missing "attributes" to which you are refering.

 

[tsuji]

>...I'm looking for a 'general xml' perspective here.
From the "general xml" perspective, they make a difference. Whether the application sees it that way is up to the application.