Hello everyone, I have this code that should generate the same exact XML three ways, but I can't get the third way to work.
1. cfxml - this works exactly the way I want it. <cfxml variable="whatIwant"> <breakfast_menu> <food> <name quantity="50" quantity2="150">Belgian Waffles</name> <description>Our famous Belgian Waffles</description> </food> <morefood/> </breakfast_menu> </cfxml> <cfdump var="#whatIwant#"/> 2. xmlNew() - this works like cfxml, but quantity and quantity2 attributes come out as uppercase <cfset myXML = XmlNew()/> <cfset myXML.xmlRoot = XmlElemNew(myXML, "breakfast_menu")/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[1] = XmlElemNew(myXML, "food")/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[2] = XmlElemNew(myXML, "morefood")/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.xmlChildren[1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name")/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.xmlChildren[2] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "description")/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlText = "Belgian Waffles"/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlAttributes.quantity = 50 /><!--- this comes out as uppercase ---> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlAttributes.quantity2 = 150 /><!--- this comes out as uppercase ---> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.description.xmlText = "Our famous Belgian Waffles"/> <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[2] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "morefood")/> <cfdump var="#myXML#"/> 3. xmlNew(true) - I'm trying to get the quantity/quantity2 attributes to be case sensitive. I cannot get this to work at all. I cannot add the child node "name" under "food" <cfscript> myXML = xmlNew(true); myXML.xmlRoot = xmlElemNew(myXML, "breakfast_menu"); myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "food"); myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "morefood"); myXML.["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //myXML.xmlRoot[1][1][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //does not work //myXML["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //this does not work //myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //this does not work //myXML.xmlRoot[1][1][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //this does not work </cfscript> <cfdump var="#myXML#"/> http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=XML_08.html says not to use dot notation when referencing case sensitive XML. One of the examples in there, I cannot get to work: MyDoc.["employee"]["name"][1] which would translate to my code as: myXML.["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] I get an error saying 'A CFML variable name cannot end with a "." character.' Thanks for the help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308346 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4