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Examples of Table Comparison Results

The examples included here show the results of comparing tables with DeltaXML's XML Compare for two-way changes and DeltaXML's XML Merge for three-way changes. The same table processing is used for DeltaXML's other 'Compare' and 'Merge' products.

Samples of CALS tables for XML Compare

Samples are available in a Bitbucket repo for comparing these examples as CALS tables in XML Compare. See https://bitbucket.org/deltaxml/cals-tables .

Example 1: Content only changed

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 2: Row added

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 3: Column deleted

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled


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Example 4: Cell changed to span two columns (with adjacent cell deleted)

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 5: Cell changed to span from two columns to three columns

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 6: Cell changed to span two rows (with cell in same column in following row deleted)

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 7: Cell changed to span from two rows to three rows

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 8: (3-Way Merge) Cell changed to span two columns and then three columns

Note: Following example only applies to Three Way Merge.

Result - Table Processing Disabled

Result - Table Processing Enabled
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Example 9: (3-way merge) Cell changed to span two rows and then three rows

Note: Following example only applies to Three Way Merge.

Result - Table Processing Disabled

Result - Table Processing Enabled
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Example 10: (2d Cell) Cell changed to span two rows and two columns

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 11: (Conflicting Column) Added column conflicts with cell with column span of 2

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Disabled



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Example 12: (Conflicting Column) Added column with one cell of the new column having a column span of 2

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 13: (Conflicting Cell) Cell changed to span two columns so it overlaps with cell with row span of two in the row above

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Enabled



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Example 14: Column inserted, Row deleted in middle of Span

Input A:

Input B:
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Result - CALS/HTML table Processing Disabled



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