this returned a myVal of 2007:
$(document).ready(function(){
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "jquery_test.xml", //your xml
data: "",
dataType: "xml",
success: function(data,textStatus) {
findAnchor("test-release","time",data);
},
error: function(msg) {
//call function to pass friendly message back to thread
and
end "fetching"
//opts.onFail();
}
});
function findAnchor(projectName,scape, xml){
var myscape = $("scape[title='" + scape + "']", xml);
var myItem = $('item[title="' + projectName + '"]', myscape);
var myCol = $(myItem).parent();
myVal = $(myCol).attr('title');
alert("dsanchor for " + projectName + "in scape:UI.sortBy=" +
myVal);
return myVal;
}
});
On Jan 21, 4:49 pm, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> i'm banging my head on this issue:
>
> I'm using a function to search through a small bit xml. It works more or less
> except that the returned value is not correct.
>
> Here is my function:
>
> function findAnchor(projectName,scape, xml){
> var myscape = $("scape[title='" + scape + "']", xml.responseText);
> var myItem = $('item[title="' + projectName + '"]', myscape);
> var myCol = $(myItem).parent();
> myVal = $(myCol).attr('title');
> $.log("dsanchor for " + projectName + " in scape:" + UI.sortBy + "="
> + myVal);
> return myVal;
> }
>
> The xml file is herebelow. Now, if i try : var dsAnchorVar =
> findAnchor('test-release','time', xml);
>
> it returns "time", whereas it should return "2007". Can you tell me why
> ? It seems to me the .parent(); selector does not function...
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <datascapes>
> <scape title="title">
> <col title="L">
> <item title="liquidspace" />
> <item title="liquidspace01" />
> </col>
> <col title="S">
> <item title="space-navigable-music" />
> </col>
> <col title="T">
> <item title="test-release" />
> <item title="touch" />
>
> </col>
> </scape>
> <scape title="time">
> <col title="2004">
> <item title="electric_courtship_songs" />
> </col>
> <col title="2004">
> <item title="liquidspace02" />
> </col>
> <col title="2007">
> <item title="liquidspace03" />
> </col>
> <col title="2000">
> <item title="space-navigable-music" />
> </col>
> <col title="2007">
> <item title="test-release" />
> </col>
> <col title="2006">
> <item title="touch" />
> </col>
> </scape>
> </datascapes>
>
> Alexandre
