including xml inline html documents

[Michael Hill]

I was wondering if it is possible to include a xml structure in your html
document.

For example given the below snippet the function "dothis()" will return 0
and "dothat()" will return 1.

If I can use xml in html I should be returning 1 for both functions.

Thanks,

Mike

<script>
function dothis()
{
var xxx = document.getEle mentById('xmlid ');
alert(xxx.child Nodes.length);
}
function dothat()
{
var xxx = document.getEle mentById('tblid ');
alert(xxx.child Nodes.length);
}
</script>

<xml id="xmlid">
<data>
<first>abc</first>
</data>
</xml>

<table id="tblid">
<tr>
<td>abc</td>
</tr>
</table>

[VK]

Re: including xml inline html documents

<xml> is just a wrapper for Microsoft Data Island.
Do start working with the XML data itself, you have to go one more level
down, and after that use the standard DOM methods for XML objects.

From your example:

function dothis() {
var xxx = xmlid.XMLDocume nt.selectSingle Node('data/first');
alert(xxx.text) ;
}
....
<xml id="xmlid">
<data>
<first>abc</first>
</data>
</xml>

[Michael Hill]

Re: including xml inline html documents

"VK" <schools_ring@y ahoo.com> wrote in message
news:419f2085$0 $161$9b622d9e@n ews.freenet.de. ..[color=blue]
> <xml> is just a wrapper for Microsoft Data Island.
> Do start working with the XML data itself, you have to go one more level
> down, and after that use the standard DOM methods for XML objects.
>
> From your example:
>
> function dothis() {
> var xxx = xmlid.XMLDocume nt.selectSingle Node('data/first');
> alert(xxx.text) ;
> }
> ...
> <xml id="xmlid">
> <data>
> <first>abc</first>
> </data>
> </xml>
>
>[/color]
vk, thanks for that start. using this script:

var myxml = xmlid.XMLDocume nt;
var myroot = myxml.documentE lement;
var myNodes = myroot.childNod es;
for ( i=0; i<myNodes.lengt h; i++ )
{
alert(myNodes.i tem(i).firstChi ld.nodeValue);
}

and this xml

<xml id="xmlid">
<data>
<first>abc</first><second>x yz</second>
</data>
</xml>

I get "abc", "xyz" as predicted, but when I change my xml adding another
record it does not.

<xml id="xmlid">
<data>
<first>abc</first><second>x yz</second>
</data>
<data>
<first>def</first><second>d fr</second>
</data>
</xml>

i can't get my node pointer positioned correctly.

Mike

[Martin Honnen]

Re: including xml inline html documents



Michael Hill wrote:

[color=blue]
> but when I change my xml adding another
> record it does not.
>
> <xml id="xmlid">
> <data>
> <first>abc</first><second>x yz</second>
> </data>
> <data>
> <first>def</first><second>d fr</second>
> </data>
> </xml>
>
> i can't get my node pointer positioned correctly.[/color]

Well it is called XML data island as you are supposed to have XML in
there and XML needs to have exactly one root element to contain all
other elements e.g.
<xml id="xmlid">
<root>
<data>
<first>abc</first><second>x yz</second>
</data>
<data>
<first>def</first><second>d fr</second>
</data>
</root>
</xml>

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Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/