Element in request failing validation again regex

[ryanshoward]

I am testing a simple webservice which looks up a VRM in a database and returns vehicle details.

The WSDL checks the pattern of the VRM using regex. If I check the VRM against the regex using an online tool I get a match but if I validate the request in SoapUI I get the following message  

'string value 'AA06AAA' does not match pattern for type VRM in type of element

the regex is ^[A-Z0-9]{1,10}$

Has anyone else had similar problems? is there a way to see what exactly what SoapUI is validating against?

Thanks

[nmrao]

What kind of assertion are you using?

[ryanshoward]

I'm not using any assertions myself. The Validation is done as a constraint on the element in the WSDL.

I'm using the validate function on the request message to check before submitting 

[nmrao]

Ok, the string and regex provided by matches as you say. But reproducing it in soapUI for others is the issue.

May be just another way to try in soapui is have Contains assertion by using the same regular expression for the same response and see if that passes. See section 3.1 of this link. If yes, then you may need to ask the person who provided you the wsdl.