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Neal Walters

Subject: XML Compare
Author: Neal Walters
Date: 01 Aug 2006 11:27 AM

In the XML Compare (Tool Show Differences In), provide an option to compare only element/attribute names (i.e. do not compare the values of the data). Sometimes I need to compare a new "bad" xml against an older xml that I know works. It's usually an element missing or something like that which causes deserialization problems or a "null reference" down the road.

Also, I'm not sure how you match namespaces, i.e. whether a p2: and a p3: will match if the p2: and p3: are defined as the same namespace.

Thanks,
Neal

Ivan Pedruzzi

Subject: XML Compare
Author: Ivan Pedruzzi
Date: 02 Aug 2006 01:03 AM

>In the XML Compare (Tool Show
>Differences In), provide an
>option to compare only
>element/attribute names (i.e.
>do not compare the values of
>the data). Sometimes I need
>to compare a new "bad" xml
>against an older xml that I
>know works. It's usually an
>element missing or something
>like that which causes
>deserialization problems or a
>"null reference" down the
>road.

If you don't need to compare text nodes un-check "Compare text node" in the toolbar.

>Also, I'm not sure how you
>match namespaces, i.e. whether
>a p2: and a p3: will match if
>the p2: and p3: are defined as
>the same namespace.

The toolbar toggle "Compare namespace using URI" is what you are looking for.

Ivan Pedruzzi
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