Reading XML

[JavaJef]

I'm trying to read an XML document with this structure

substitute the * with < and > (case you hadn't figured that one out yet ;-)
*? xml etc*
  *list*
    *member*
      *id*12345*/id*
      *name*John Doe*/name*
    */member*
  */list*

(btw why won't the post display my tags when I use < >?)

but what 's the correct syntax (using the xml object) to read this? I've gotten so far as to declare the XML object, and have it call a function when onLoad. The function itself:

member = myXML.firstChild.firstChild;
id = member.firstChild;
name = id.nextSibling;
var1 = name.toString();

which puts "*name*John Doe*/name*" in my variable - what am I doing wrong ?

JJ

[andyj]

Im pretty new to XML myself, but have you tried

*member*
*member id = "1234"
name = "john doe"/*

*member id = "3456"
name = "fred smith"/*
*/member*

hope it helps

Andy

[JavaJef]

Originally posted by andyj
Im pretty new to XML myself, but have you tried

*member*
*member id = "1234"
name = "john doe"/*

*member id = "3456"
name = "fred smith"/*
*/member*

hope it helps

Andy

Ok I admit using attributes is easier, but I don't want to (some of the data wouldn't be suitable to be used as attributes).

Jef

[FlashGuru]

if you change your xml document to look like this:

<list><member><id>12345</id><name>John Doe</name></member></list>

(basically i removed the xml declaration tag, which isnt required)

You can use this code to grab the name and id:

myxml=new XML()
myxml.load("yourxmlfile.xml")
myxml.onLoad=parse

function parse(loaded){
    if(loaded){
id=myxml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue
name=myxml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.nodeValue
}
}

[Dog 4 Ages]

Originally posted by FlashGuru
if you change your xml document to look like this:

<list><member><id>12345</id><name>John Doe</name></member></list>

(basically i removed the xml declaration tag, which isnt required)

You can use this code to grab the name and id:

myxml=new XML()
myxml.load("yourxmlfile.xml")
myxml.onLoad=parse

function parse(loaded){
    if(loaded){
id=myxml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue
name=myxml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.nodeValue
}
}

Ok, I'm sorry to open this thread again,
but .... what I don't understand is this: id=myxml.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChi ld

4 X firstChild ??

Perhaps you're willing to explain to me what the very first firstChildNode is ?

[Dog 4 Ages]

Ah, ok, got it now (finally)