nodeFromId method without IDREF's ??

[MrPeds]

Hi,

I would like to use a DOM method that returns a single node from an xml document given a specific ID attribute.

I have tried using the nodeFromId method, but am not able to get it to work. From what I can make out, this method is only for ID/IDREF relationships.(?)

I would like some way of achieving the above but I think I need another method or approach.

Could anybody sugggest code or references on how to do this please. I know the syntax of the above method, but am not able to get it to work :/

Thanks

Peds

 

[flumpy]

as you do not mention the DOM you are using, its hard to help.. however I can say you need to use an xpath expression like this:

//mynode[id=$var]

If the id is unique (which you do not mention either) then only one node will be returned.

In msxml, selectSingleNode takes xpath expressions to return a single node object. its a bit different in java, and im not going into it here specially as I'm not sure this is what you need.


hope that helps a bit

matt

 

[MrPeds]

That is exactly what i needed - the MS XML SDK 3.0 was ambiguous as to the nodeFromId method.

The selectSingleNode(XpathStr) works fine.

I was using MSXML DOM implementation 3.0 with VBScript in ASP pages.

Hope this helps others

MrPeds