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Editing XML using XSL & ASP Problem

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  • 06-07-2009 3:55pm
    #1
    Chada
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    Hello All,

    I've a brief question regarding adapting a tutorial I found relating to the above topic title.
    Link

    I'll admit i'm pretty "new" when it comes to coding in asp, and also XML DOM structures.

    I have adapted the above tutorial to function with the following xml document:
    <applicants>
<applicant>
<appid>001</appid>
<firstname>Joe</firstname>
<surname>Bloggs</surname>
<age>25</age>
<gender>Male</gender>
</applicant>
</applicants>

    Although inside the EditContact.asp file (as named in the above link) there is a line of code that is preventing me from exporting the changes made in my form (xsl styled) to the above xml file.

    The code is (complete with comments): 
     'Set objField variable equal to a field_value element by
   'calling the selectSingleNode method of the objRoot
   '(documentElement) object.  The SelectSingleNode method
   'accepts a string parameter for querying the XML document.
   'In this case, the current value of the key property of
   'the Form Collection is used to find the appropriate
   'field_value element (more on this later).
   Set objField = objRoot.selectSingleNode("field[@id='" & _
   Request.Form.Key(x) & "']/field_value")

    The basic problem I'm having is changing the "field[@id&quot; part to reflect my elements appid, firstname, surname etc. without the need for attaching attributes to my xml file.

    I've read up on selectSingleNode() function, and tried a few alternatives such as:
    selectSingleNode(//applicant.childNodes[x]) 
selectSingleNode(/applicants/applicant.childNodes[x].nodeName)

    I may be way off the beaten track, so apologies if i am...oh and I did change the "field_value" variable to .text / .nodeValue / .value with no luck either....

    Could anyone give me a clue as to where i'm going wrong? I'm dreading its something really simple that I couldnt find googling it for the most of today :<


    *UPDATE*

    I've come up with this:
    Set objField = objRoot.selectSingleNode("applicants/applicant/[*='" & _
   Request.Form.Key(x) & "']/text()")

    I know that the "applicants/applicant/*" selects all the child elements of applicant which is what i want - but I'm still having trouble getting the changes i make to be saved to my applicants.xml file.

    I'll keep fiddling with it - but in the mean time if anyone has any pointers please fire them up for me!

    *UPDATE*


    Many thanks,

    Dan


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