'attribute is not declared' error

jihadbuster · April 1st, 2008, 01:24 PM

Getting an error from the map:
Output validation error: The 'PARTNER' attribute is not declared.
The attribute in question is generated by the script:

Code:

<PRT>
  <xsl:for-each select="/s2:Invoice/s2:InvoiceHeader/s2:ListOfNameValueSet/s0:NameValueSet[s0:SetName/text() = 'Data']">
  <xsl:attribute name="PARTNER">
    <xsl:value-of select="s0:ListOfNameValuePair/s0:NameValuePair[s0:Name/text() = 'Partner']/s0:Value/text()"/>
  </xsl:attribute>

  <xsl:attribute name="PRICE">
    <xsl:value-of select="s0:ListOfNameValuePair/s0:NameValuePair[s0:Name/text() = 'Price']/s0:Value/text()"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:for-each>
</PRT>

Using the input file:

<PRT PARTNER="CUSTOMER" PRICE="UNSPECIFIED"></PRT>

The map generates XML:

Code:

<PRT PARTNER="CUSTOMER" PRICE="UNSPECIFIED"></PRT>

I am not sure why it generates the error of that kind, as the attribute is clearly in the XML output.

bonekrusher · April 1st, 2008, 02:18 PM

Hi,

"Getting an error from the map:", not sure what "the map is".

"Output validation error:" are you validating your XML file? Without seeing your Schema or DTD, I dont think I can help.

Can you provide some more detail?

jihadbuster · April 1st, 2008, 02:29 PM

My schema is a collection of files about half a megabyte in size. I have no clue how I could provide you with a schema.

It makes no sense to me that someone would need a schema to figure out the error.

I should have mentioned however that the map is a Visual studio Biztalk project, where xslt is used to map one schema to another, and the error is received when the map is tested.

How an attribute can not be declared, where it is present in the output?

bonekrusher · April 1st, 2008, 03:28 PM

Sounds like your not allowed to have that attribute "PARTNER" if its not declared. An Attribute must be declared in the DTD or Schema.

"It makes no sense to me that someone would need a schema to figure out the error." - well from what I know about XML validation, you need a DTD or schema to validate and if you want help validating an XML file, we'll need to see either one. Or we can assume your schema doesn't allow an Attribute "PARTNER".

"How an attribute can not be declared, where it is present in the output?" its not, read your error. Its saying "Output validation error:", which means your output is not valid against a schema or dtd...

Good luck.

mhkay · April 1st, 2008, 05:32 PM

This sounds to me as if you are using a schema-aware transformation, and the result document doesn't conform to the schema? If so, we need to understand more about your processing environment and your schema.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

mhkay · April 1st, 2008, 05:36 PM

>It makes no sense to me that someone would need a schema to figure out the error.

Microsoft error messages can be difficult to decipher at times, but this one seems to me to be saying that your stylesheet output doesn't conform with the target schema. Which means that you can't figure out the error without access to the schema.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

jihadbuster · April 2nd, 2008, 01:20 PM

Thanks, that was most helpful! It was a copy/paste error and I had an attribute popping up in a strange element down in the code.;)