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Read XML and Populate a Drop Down Box
I would like to know how to read XML elements and populate a drop down list with a particular element.
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Lico_w
Simple tuto here : http://techinitiatives.blogspot.com/2007/01/dynamic-dropdown-list-using-ajax_29.html
ASKER
I should have been more specific, I've attached my asp code below but it displays nothing. Any ideas? I have also attached a sample XML doc
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","depots.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
document.write("<table border='1'>");
var x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("depots");
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
document.write("<tr><td>");
document.write(x[i].getElementsByTagName("Depot")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
document.write("</td><td>");
'document.write(x[i].getElementsByTagName("Depot")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
'document.write("</td></tr>");
}
document.write("</table>");
</script>
</body>
</html>
malformed XML
your :
"corrected" :
your :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<depots>
<depot="Aberdeen">
<address="some address"/>
</depot>
</depots>
"corrected" :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<depots>
<depot attr1="Aberdeen">
<address attr2="some address"/>
</depot>
</depots>
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rwheeler23
ASKER
Can you post the update to my script to get it to work as i've updated the xml and javascript but still doesn't work
you just need a table with a row having its cell with "Aberdeen" inside? That is ?
ASKER
No I want to read it from the XML. There are lots more elements and values within my full xml, didn't want to publish full depot info online.
If I can get this start point working I can build from that
If I can get this start point working I can build from that
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yes but for now what do you want to see from the xml file in the table cell with your sample?
ASKER
The depot name would be perfect
ASKER
I.e. Aberdeen
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With jQuery :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Create table from XML</title>
<script language="javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$.get("depots.xml", function(data) {
$("body").append("<table border='1'></table>");
$.each($("depot", data), function() {
$("table").append("<tr><td>" + $(this).attr("attr1") + "</td></tr>");
});
});
});
</script>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Your code << YES IT CAN >> :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Create table from XML</title>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","depots.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
document.write("<table border='1'>");
var x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("depots");
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
for(j=0;j<x[0].childNodes.length;j++) {
if(x[0].childNodes[j].nodeType == 1) {
document.write("<tr><td>");
document.write(x[0].childNodes[j].getAttribute("attr1"));
document.write("</td>");
}
}
}
document.write("</table>");
</script>
</body>
</html>
ASKER
I can see why your ranked as genius!!!
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