thanks Andrew for your suggestion... I was able to filter on the attribute "station" once I figured out how to pass the variable into the javascript from the server.. Tom
On Jun 10, 7:23 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 10, 11:59 am, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The routine GXml.parse that I'm currently using parses the entire xml > > file and creates a map point for each marker contained in the xml > > file. > > Is there a way to filter out with a condition or another type of > > read > > to select only the marker that matches an inputted value against the > > string attribute in my case called station? > > Have you thought of using an attribute called "id" instead of > "station"? > > xml.documentElement.getElementById("Carnaby_Street") > > id must start with a letter and cannot contain spaces, but something > like an underscore can easily be replaced on the fly for display > purposes.http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/types.html#type-name > > Otherwise you are limited to looping through all the elements and > using the one(s) which match your criteria. > > Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
