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Improved error messages

Somebody seems to like the fact that we recently added XPaths in validation error messages. I was pretty happy to read Bob's post since I lobbied for that feature, helped design it, and tested it. Prior to this all we gave the user was along the lines of "element 'b' found when element 'a' was expected", which might be adequate for very small instances but isn't very helpful when you're staring at a 10 Mb XML document.

Published Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:49 PM by denisruc

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# Using the XPath provided in XML validation error messages

Yesterday’s post regarding the addition of a location in validation error messages brought back a conversation...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:08 PM by Typed XML in SQL Server 2005
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