$(xml).filter('MyPlace') is already returning nothing, you need the
contents() function to parse the string:
$(xml).contents('MyPlace').children()
or
$(xml).contents().filter("MyPlace").children()
- ricardo
On Nov 5, 9:42 am, SteveS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One problem is the XML has a syntax error - the Search, but it still
> doesn't work. I corrected it below.
>
> var xml = "<Search><MyPlace><Value>123</Value></MyPlace></Search>";
> $(xml).filter("MyPlace").find("Value").each(function() {
> alert(this.value);
> });
>
> Thanks again for anyone's help!
>
> On Nov 4, 9:19 pm, SteveS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello, I'm still a newbie at jQuery and I'm having some trouble trying
> > to select some nodes from XML. I'm simply trying to display the value
> > in the Value element. For some reason, it returns zero elements.
>
> > var xml = "<search><MyPlace><Value>123</Value></MyPlace></Search>";
> > $(xml).filter("MyPlace").find("Value").each(function() {
> > alert(this.value);
> > });
>
> > Also, I would have thought this would work, but it doesn't: $
> > (xml).filter("MyPlace").children() Do you know why?
>
> > Thank you in advance for any help!
