At 07:45 AM 3/12/2003 -0600, you wrote: > I don't know what parser CFMX uses, though since I know nothing about the >details of parsers, if I did know the name of the parser they are using, >that wouldn't help me one iota (-; > >The Xpath example you are using below is not quite what I am after. Your >example: > ><cfset xRes=xmlSearch(odoc, "/Books/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Reference Book']")> > >says "from the 'Books' node, give me all 'Book' subelements that have an >attribute 'type', the value of which is 'Reference Book'. That Xpath >instruction works identically with CFMX and the MS XML parser. > >What I want is this: ><cfset xRes=xmlSearch(odoc, "/Books/Book/@type")>
If I understand correctly, you want just the actual attribute value returned, rather than an array with the matching element(s) in it? >...which says "give me the value of the 'type' attribute from the 'Book' >subelement of the 'Books' node". That is where it appears CFMX deviates >from the Xpath spec, and while I like the addition of the XmlAttributes >syntax, it doesn't seem like that should completely replace a valid Xpath >command. ---------------------------------- Alex Sherwood PHS Collection Agency THE COLLECTORS T: 301.215.4200 F: 301.664.6834 W: www.phs-net.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
