Delimited data definition in FSD
Records and fields can have a separator specifier. This specifier delimits the record or field within the data. Where a delimiter is not specified, the data is treated as fixed width, using the max-length attribute of the field element.
The example below shows fields and records with separators:
<?xml encoding='UTF8' version='1.0' ?> <schema xmlns='http://www.systemsunion.com/2001/TD/SSTransform/fsd/' version='1.0'> <sequence output='no'> <record max-occur='0' name='parent' record-sep='\r\n'> <field name='child1' field-sep=','/> <field name='child2'/> </record> </sequence> </schema>
and will generate the following XML structure:
<parent> <child1/> <child2/> </parent>
Example input for this FSD is:
Child 1 Data,Child 2 Data Child 3 Data,Child 4 Data
and example output generated:
<parent> <child1> Child 1 Data</child1> <child2> Child 2 Data</child2> </parent> <parent> <child1> Child 3 Data</child1> <child2> Child 4 Data</child2> </parent>
The FSD above marks each record as ending with a carriage-return line-feed pair (which is the standard end of line marker on Microsoft Operating Systems). It then defines two fields for each record. The first field uses the a comma as a delimiter; the second field is the last field in the record and therefore it uses the delimiter specified for the record as its own delimiter.