Element: ALIEN

The ALIEN operator defines an enclosing couple ... around analien formula, that is, a formula which is not defined by the meta-definition. It is justconsidered as a character string, and the parser generated by XMLBOOSTER will skip allcharacters until it synchronizes on the closing mark.

Attributes

Name Type Optional
TARGET STRING Yes

Name of the field which will receive thevalue of the alien construct. If specified,this attribute must refer to a STRING orPCHAR field defined within the currentelement.

If this attribute is not specified, the alienconstruct is recognized and discarded.

Appears in

CONCAT; DISJUNCT; FORMULA; ENCLOSED; PERM; REPEAT

DTD declaration

<!ELEMENT ALIEN EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST ALIEN
     TARGET CDATA  #IMPLIED
>