XML - Is there a select statement to read from XML?

[sebouh181]

Hi all,

I have a XML file like this format

[CODE=xml]<global>
<Item Key="Key1" value="Value1"/>
<Item Key="Key2" value="Value2"/>
<Item Key="Key3" value="Value3"/>
.
.
.
</global>[/CODE]

I will be using this like global.as in ASP.
This file is very big and I need to retrieve these values.

Is there a way to select a value directly like SQL select statement?
For example I need the value of "Key3" and I don't want to navigate all the XML is there a way for retrieving the value of "Key3" directly?

Thanks in advance

[gits]

hi ...

where do you need to retrieve that values? serverside or clientside? what does 'big' mean?

kind regards

[sebouh181]

Big means large data.

i want to retrieve the data from the client side

[gits]

i know ... but do you have a size? how many rows?

is the data loaded to the client already or do you request them?

may be you could use xpath for your purpose... look here

kind regards

[sebouh181]

My question is that with javascript (client side) or any other client side script can i retreive data like SQL Select statement??
Or shall I use another technique?

[gits]

My question is that with javascript (client side) or any other client side script can i retreive data like SQL Select statement??
Or shall I use another technique?

did you had a look at the link? it uses xpath in javascript ... another sql-like option i cannot imagine for that purpose ...

kind regards