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    • November 28, 2006 at 1:18 AM #16548
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        Hi all,

         

        I am a new biztalker, and as i was reading the walkthrough scenarios, I came across adding Chield Field Element, also I found something called Child Field Attribute, so I was wondering what is the difference between them, and where to use each one.

         

        also whats the difference between a Record and Sibling Record ??

         

        Thanks in advance, 

      • November 28, 2006 at 1:42 AM #16549
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          The terms all reflect the underlying Xml structure:

          <root>
            <record childattribute="value">
                <childfield>value</childfield>
            </record>
            <siblingrecord>
              <childrecord>
                <childfield2>value2</childfield2>
              </childrecord>
            </siblingrecord>
          </root>

          Sibling is equivalent to brother or sister i.e. at the same level

          A good idea may be to learn about Xml.
          W3C has the spec, and there are tutorials, etc http://www.topxml.com/xml/LearnXML.asp

          One of the keys to Biztalk is understanding Xml Namespaces.

           

        • November 28, 2006 at 2:22 AM #16551
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            Dear greg.forsythe,

             

            Thanks for your response, i will read the tutorial you sent, and if there is any other links please provide me,

             

            Thanks again.

             

             

            • October 15, 2008 at 2:22 AM #20976
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                 Difference Between Child Field Element & Child Field Attribute

                Please any one tell me difference

                • October 15, 2008 at 3:17 AM #20977
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                    Consider following example:

                    <persons>
                       <person id=”1″>
                          <name>Tarzan</name>
                       </person>
                       <person id=”2″>
                          <name>Jane</name>
                       </person>
                    </persons>

                    person with id: 1 is a sibling to person with id: 2
                    person is a child of persons and a parent of name

                    id is an attribute
                    persons, person and name are elements

                    So:
                    person is a “Child Field Element” of persons
                    name is a “Child Field Element” of person
                    id is a “Child Field Attribute” of person

                    Hope that’s clear enough.

                    //Niklas Häggström – Connecta AB, Sweden

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