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Bug 6458 - different results received, depending on validation method
Summary: different results received, depending on validation method
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 6259
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: check (show other bugs)
Version: 0.8.4
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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Reported: 2009-01-20 13:56 UTC by Jerry
Modified: 2009-01-20 15:15 UTC (History)
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scool project - basic web page (3.02 KB, text/html)
2009-01-20 13:58 UTC, Jerry
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scool project - basic web page (3.02 KB, text/html)
2009-01-20 13:59 UTC, Jerry
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scool project - basic web page (3.02 KB, text/html)
2009-01-20 14:02 UTC, Jerry
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Description Jerry 2009-01-20 13:56:34 UTC
Dear W3C,
 
I receive different responses from W3C's validation service depending on which method I choose to validate my HTML code.
 
If I use the "Validate by File Upload" I receive:
This document was Tentatively checked as HTML 4.01 Transitional
Result:
 Tentatively passed, 2 warning(s) 
 

 
If I use "Validate by Direct Input" I receive:
This document was successfully checked as HTML 4.01 Transitional!
Result:
 Passed 
 

I have attached the file I am validating. Please let me know which results are the ones I should consider correct. I am an online student at the University of Phoenix, and your results as affecting my grades. My instructor, who is checking my work by using your "Validate by File Upload" method, receives 2 warning messages on my HTML code, and is penalizing me points based on these results. 

I am checking my work by using your "Validate by Direct Input" method, which tells me I have no errors or warnings, in fact, that my code has "passed" and I can include a W3C icon on my Web page because of this high-level result. 

Could you please explain to me why we receive two different results when checking exactly the same HTML code?
 

Thank you,

Jerry Salvatore
Comment 1 Jerry 2009-01-20 13:58:08 UTC
Created attachment 616 [details]
scool project - basic web page

This attachement is the HTML code for a basic web page.
Comment 2 Jerry 2009-01-20 13:59:12 UTC
Created attachment 617 [details]
scool project - basic web page

This attachement is the HTML code for a basic web page.
Comment 3 Jerry 2009-01-20 14:02:06 UTC
Created attachment 618 [details]
scool project - basic web page

This attachement is the HTML code for a basic web page.
Comment 4 Olivier Thereaux 2009-01-20 15:15:16 UTC
The different handling in direct input, file upload and URI is indeed sometimes confusing. Please look at the discussion on: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6259 for more details.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6259 ***