I don't have an option to remove it from the textarea at the moment.
Is there a better way to storing and generating xml data on the fly?
On Jun 23, 8:41 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> take it out of the textarea, right now it's not XML data but random text.
>
> bigb wrote:
> > I'm having some real difficulty figuring out how to manipulate xml
> > data with jquery. Here is my situation. I have a hidden TextArea that
> > contains xml data, something like this:
>
> > <items>
> > <item value='1' text='x'></item>
> > <item value='2' text='y'></item>
> > </items>
>
> > So, let's say I want to remove the item with value='1'.
>
> > 1) I grab the value of the textarea:
>
> > var xml = $("#" + id).val();
>
> > 2) I then find the node and remove it:
>
> > $(xml).find("item[value='123']").remove();
>
> > Problem is, it doesn't remove anything! It finds the node just fine,
> > but the remove() function doesn't seem like it is doing anything. I've
> > tried looping through eacy item $('item',xml).each(function.... ); and
> > then calling remove(); but that does not work either. Any help on how
> > to manipulate xml data correctly? Thank you.
>
> > Bryan
