C.12. Limits
The process of inferring a DataSet schema from XML is not deterministic, in that different instances of XML documents having the same intended schema can result in different schemas depending on the XML elements in each document. For example, consider the following XML documents:
Document1:
<DocumentElement> <Element1>Text1</Element1> <Element1>Text2</Element1> </DocumentElement>
Document2:
<DocumentElement> <Element1>Text1</Element1> </DocumentElement>
For “Document1,” the inference process will produce a DataSet named “DocumentElement” and a table named “Element1,” because “Element1” is a repeating element.
DataSet: DocumentElement
Table: Element1
Element1_Text |
---|
Text1 |
Text2 |
However, for “Document2,” the inference process will ...
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