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Most tutorials on WFS transaction uses a schema and geom attributes in WFS request like this

var wfs_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Editable Features", {
strategies: [new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX(), saveStrategy],
//projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:26910"),
protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS({
version: "1.1.0",
url: "http://localhost/geoserver/wfs",
featureNS :  "http://www.opengeospatial.net/cite",
featureType: "wfst_test",
**geometryName: "the_geom",**
**schema: "http://localhost/geoserver/wfs/DescribeFeatureType?version=1.1.0&;typename=cite:wfst_test"**
})
});

can we omit this or is it compulsory to include them?

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Since you are posting a XML document inside insert transactions it should be compulsory to also provide a schema for it. Some servers might accept the transaction even without the schema.

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does geoserver require schema definition? – byom Aug 18 '12 at 7:59
As far as I know it does not, provided you specify the right namespace for the feature you are inserting – Andrea Aime Aug 19 '12 at 13:50
the namespace is correct, the feature id gets inserted but the geometry does not. what might have happened? – byom Aug 20 '12 at 4:41
Often this happens because the geometry is encoded in the wrong version of GML, e.g., GML 2 but you are inserting in a WFS 1.1 transaction that requires GML 3. Another possibility is a geometry type mismatch, you are trying to insert a point in a table that only accepts polygons – Andrea Aime Aug 20 '12 at 6:06
I am using Openlayers.handler.path to draw linear feature, and the geom type of feature is multiline string. i have also cast the line to multiline using this code draw.featureAdded = function(feature) { feature.layer.eraseFeatures([feature]); // cast to multilinestring feature.geometry = new OpenLayers.Geometry.MultiLineString(feature.geometry); //alert(feature.geometry); //feature.style.strokeColor = "#ff0000"; feature.state = OpenLayers.State.INSERT; feature.layer.drawFeature(feature); } – byom Aug 20 '12 at 6:13

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