Possible to force attribute depending on the value of a different one

[GeertVerhoeven]

Hi all,

I'm currently creating an XSD to validate my xml file. I wonder wheter it is possible to force a set of attributes depending on the value of a different attribute?

For example I have the following XML structure:

<charColumn columnName="" maxLength="" allowDbNull="" />
<numberColumn columnName="" size="" scale="" allowDbNull="" />


Since this structure doesn't work that easy I want to go to a the following structure:

<column columnName="" type="" ...>

Depending on the type attribute (number, char, datetime, ...) I want to have force different attributes. Is it possible to do this via an XSD?

All comments are welcome.

Geert

Geert Verhoeven
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