Title: invalidVariables
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### Fault Name
`bpel:invalidVariables` -- {excerpt} variable failed to validate against a schema{excerpt}

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### Description
 
This fault is thrown by the `<[assign](assign.html)>` and `<[validate]>` activities if a variable contains data that is inconsistent with its schema. 

<div class="alert alert-note">
    ODE does not currently perform _any_ variable data validation, hence this fault is never thrown.
</div>

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### Examples
The following BPEL will generate the fault in the `<assign>` activity:

    <variable name="foo" type="xsd:string" />
    <assign validate="yes">
      <copy>
        <to variable="foo">
        <from>
           <literal>
              <bar><baz>BarBaz</baz></bar>
           </literal>
        </from>
      </copy>
    </assign>


The following BPEL will generate the fault in the `<validate>` activity:

    <variable name="foo" type="xsd:string" />
    <assign validate="no">
      <copy>
        <to variable="foo">
        <from>
           <literal>
              <bar><baz>BarBaz</baz></bar>
           </literal>
        </from>
      </copy>
    </assign>
    
    <validate variables="foo" />


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### See Also
`<[assign](assign.html)>`, `<[validate]>`