What is meant by

[zhshqzyc]

<REASON_CODES>
  <REASON ID="555" Description="Test" /> 
 </REASON_CODES>

Does it be equally as

<REASON_CODES REASON ID="555" Description="Test">
 </REASON_CODES>

Thanks

 

[zhshqzyc]

Ignore it.

 

[harebrain]

>Ignore it.

Easy for you to say now.

And to answer your question for the benefit of others: No. Your second block of code is malformed because of the space in the first attribute name.

 

[Stretchwickster]

<REASON_CODES>
  <REASON ID="555" Description="Test" />
</REASON_CODES>

...is equivalent to...

<REASON_CODES>
  <REASON ID="555" Description="Test"></REASON>
</REASON_CODES>

The REASON tag in Example1 is an empty self-closing tag i.e. there is no content between opening and closing REASON tags, it only has attribute data.

Clive

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