expression syntax

Hi,

I'm having some trouble with this syntax:

@.[User::xml_output] != "<ROOT></ROOT>"

I have a variable that I KNOW is = '<ROOT></ROOT>' and I've set up a precendence constraint to only go to the next step if the above not true, correct?

Do I need to convert the right side of the equation to a string or something first? Does anybody know that syntax off hand?

Thanks,

Phil

I don't know what the problem is but maybe try this:

@.[User::xml_output] != (DT_STR, <length>, 1252)"<ROOT></ROOT>"

I'd be surprised if this worked tho!

-jamie

|||Looks good to me. CAsE will matter and so will any spaces, of course.

Make sure you don't have another variable of the same name with a different scope.

And how do you KNOW the variable is populated with what you think it is? Have you debugged with a breakpoint set using the on PostExecute() event of the task before the "next step" and then looked at the locals window?|||

Jamie,

Is there a way to remove trailing leading spaces from a variable in expression syntax? I think that may be the issue.

Thanks,

Phil

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tackett wrote:

Jamie,

Is there a way to remove trailing leading spaces from a variable in expression syntax? I think that may be the issue.

Thanks,

Phil

trim(@.[User::Variable]) != "string"

This will do leading and trailing|||

Good stuff guys. That really helped. Turns out there were a few extra characters in there. Thanks Phil and Jamie.