The state of Orbeon Forms, Part 9

> Hi,
>
> I want to allow integer/date typed elements to be valid even when empty.
>
> I am setting the element postalCode to type integer in the schema declaration.
> <xs:element name="postalCode" type="xs:integer" nillable="true" />
>
> In the model instance I have set the xsi:nil attribute to true.
> <postalCode xsi:nil="true"/>
> Also, am using the namespace "xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" in my document for this purpose.
>
> I want that whenever the postalCode element is left empty by the user, xsi:nil="true" is used to pass the xml validation.
> However, when the postalCode element gets the user input, xsi:nil is either set to "false" or is made irrelevant. I am using the below code for making xsi:nil irrelevant.
> <xforms:bind nodeset="//@xsi:nil" relevant="count(text())=0"/>
>
> Now, when I submit the form with empty postalCode element, the document stands valid. In the generated xml document xsi:nil attribute for postalCode element is true.
> But, when I give some integer input to postalCode and submit the form, the document is invalidated and the form submission fails.
>
> Kindly help me resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Somya
>
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> Hi,
>
> I want to allow integer/date typed elements to be valid even when empty.
>
> I am setting the element postalCode to type integer in the schema declaration.
> <xs:element name="postalCode" type="xs:integer" nillable="true" />
>
> In the model instance I have set the xsi:nil attribute to true.
> <postalCode xsi:nil="true"/>
> Also, am using the namespace "xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" in my document for this purpose.
>
> I want that whenever the postalCode element is left empty by the user, xsi:nil="true" is used to pass the xml validation.
> However, when the postalCode element gets the user input, xsi:nil is either set to "false" or is made irrelevant. I am using the below code for making xsi:nil irrelevant.
> <xforms:bind nodeset="//@xsi:nil" relevant="count(text())=0"/>
>
> Now, when I submit the form with empty postalCode element, the document stands valid. In the generated xml document xsi:nil attribute for postalCode element is true.
> But, when I give some integer input to postalCode and submit the form, the document is invalidated and the form submission fails.
>
> Kindly help me resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Somya
>
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> Hi,
>
> I used the following line to automatically set the value of xsi:nil :
>
> <xforms:bind nodeset="//@xsi:nil" calculate="count(text()) le 0"/>
>
> It works fine for the empty element but when I give some some integer as input submission fails.
> Can you please suggest the accurate code that would work.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Somya
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tambet Matiisen [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 4:18 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [ops-users] Re: XML Schema validation on empty elements of type integer or date
>
> Following should set xsi:nil="false" when there is data in element:
> <xforms:bind nodeset="//@xsi:nil" calculate=".. = ''"/>
>
> This one-liner makes all xsi:nil-s in your instance automatically match contents. Thanks for the "//" hint!
>
>     Tambet
>
> On 26.11.2010 9:56, Somya Rajesh Agarwal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to allow integer/date typed elements to be valid even when empty.
>>
>> I am setting the element postalCode to type integer in the schema declaration.
>> <xs:element name="postalCode" type="xs:integer" nillable="true" />
>>
>> In the model instance I have set the xsi:nil attribute to true.
>> <postalCode xsi:nil="true"/>
>> Also, am using the namespace "xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" in my document for this purpose.
>>
>> I want that whenever the postalCode element is left empty by the user, xsi:nil="true" is used to pass the xml validation.
>> However, when the postalCode element gets the user input, xsi:nil is either set to "false" or is made irrelevant. I am using the below code for making xsi:nil irrelevant.
>> <xforms:bind nodeset="//@xsi:nil" relevant="count(text())=0"/>
>>
>> Now, when I submit the form with empty postalCode element, the document stands valid. In the generated xml document xsi:nil attribute for postalCode element is true.
>> But, when I give some integer input to postalCode and submit the form, the document is invalidated and the form submission fails.
>>
>> Kindly help me resolve this issue.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Somya
>>
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