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Hi Folks, This XML Schema simpleType specifies that the allowable values are: one or more lower- and upper-case letters of the alphabet and left/right curly braces. <xs:simpleType name="Test"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z\{\}]+" /> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> Since the curly braces are regex meta-symbols, they are escaped. That simpleType was then placed inside an XSLT template: <xsl:template match="/"> <xs:simpleType name="Test"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z\{\}]+" /> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xsl:template> The XSLT processor flags an error: Invalid character '\' in expression. The curly braces are also meta-symbols in XSLT. However, to escape the curly braces in XSLT use double curly braces: <xsl:template match="/"> <xs:simpleType name="Test"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z{{}}]+" /> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xsl:template> If the XSLT program is generating an XML Schema, then you must escape the double curly braces: <xsl:template match="/"> <xs:simpleType name="Test"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:pattern value="[a-zA-Z\{{\}}]+" /> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType> </xsl:template> /Roger [Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
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