Works great for XSD validation - the API it exposes is VERY limited 
however - it's not designed as a heavyweight XML tool.

"CP" <msxml@s...> wrote in message 
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> Hi Joe,
>
> I tried with the normal RegEx classes too, which pointed me at what the 
> problem was and led me to "Character Class Subtraction".
>
> Right now I'm looking at using the Altova 2007 engine 
> (http://www.altova.com/altovaxml.html) for the validation so I'll let you 
> know how we go on with that..
>
> Thanks
>
> Carl
>
>
> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
> news:uGIHS4ujHHA.4132@T......
>> Well to be fair I didn't try via XML, just using standard Regex classes. 
>> It maybe the validation code converts the subtraction classes into a more 
>> traditional representation.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>
>> "CP" <msxml@s...> wrote in message 
>> news:uORSMgmjHHA.4768@T......
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>
>>> Wierd - that blog posting said .NET supports this :(
>>>
>>> Actually while researching this topic this morning I did come across 
>>> another government dept document that mentioned the same problem with 
>>> BS7666 and the .NET framework (though that was dated 2004).  Be very 
>>> interested to see your results with Saxon.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
>>> news:%23i5qPWmjHHA.3996@T......
>>>> Well I've just tried it with .NET and it doesn't seem to work there 
>>>> either. I will try Saxon later.
>>>> ( I tried [A-Z-[D-Z]]{3} against "ABC" which failed.)
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>>>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "CP" <msxml@s...> wrote in message 
>>>> news:egYHXHmjHHA.4772@T......
>>>>> Hi Joe,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd never heard of it before today either - problem is BS7666 is an 
>>>>> 'official' UK Gov Schema and it conforms to the w3 specs.  As a 
>>>>> short-term workaround we'll hack the xsd to use the 'normal' Reg Exp 
>>>>> notation like you suggest - mid-long term I think we'll be abandoning 
>>>>> MSXML for this product and looking at another method 
>>>>> (.NET/Java/Xerces/whatever .. *sigh*)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Carl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:%23nzmLBmjHHA.4596@T......
>>>>>> I'm not sure, I 'd never heard of it myself before your post, but 
>>>>>> surely there's an easy workaround in this case, just list the valid 
>>>>>> letters?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>>>>>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "CP" <msxml@s...> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:eBVE0GljHHA.3472@T......
>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Been trying to validate (and failing) a UK XML postcode against the 
>>>>>>> UK government BS7666 v2.0 schema which has the following pattern:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [A-Z]{1,2}[0-9R][0-9A-Z]? [0-9][A-Z-[CIKMOV]]{2}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am I correct in assuming that MSXML6 still does not support RegExp 
>>>>>>> Character Class Subtraction?  I saw this link:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/stan_kitsis/archive/2005/09/20/472185.aspx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that specifies that it doesn't but as this was posted in 2005 I 
>>>>>>> thought I'd just see if anyone here knows if it's going to get 
>>>>>>> updated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for any info
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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