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XML Dom GetAttribute in ASP?

Hi all, Ive being trying to do something relatively simple but forwhatever reason its not working.

Ive got the following XML file and want to get the attribute "time" out of it,

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
- <note time="12:03:46">
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

I was using the following code but it doesnt work...

<%

Set xmlDoc = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xmlDoc.async = False
'load xml file
xmlDoc.Load(Server.MapPath("sys.xml"))

set strX=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")
set strY=strX.item(0).getAttribute("id")

response.write strY

%>

Thanks!

Alicia

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fox_statton

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Hi, i get the following error when I load the page:

Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8'

Object required: 'strx.Item(...)'

/sf27621/menu4/mock4/attribute.asp, line 10

sparkplug

Hi,

Try this:

Set xmlDoc = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument")
xmlDoc.async = False
'load xml file
If Not xmlDoc.Load(Server.MapPath("sys.xml")) Then
Response.write "Error parsing XML: " & xmlDoc.parseError.reason
End If

set oTimeAttr=xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("/note/@time")
sTime=oTimeAttr.nodeValue

response.write sTime

>S'Plug<

fox_statton

ASKER

Got it working, prob was in the xml!

topcat_uk

Ha Ha.

If I could have a pound for everytime I have done that, I would be playing golf right now, or perhaps on a beach somewhere hot.

Anyway, glad it's working.