XML DOM removeChild

[psychospiller]

I am trying to remove specific items from an XML file via ASP and the MS XML DOM but I cant seem to reference the items correctly. The XML structure is fixed so i cant change that but could someone explain to me how to remove a specific <asset> child from the XML below, by using its the asset node's 'id' attribute as a reference ? Thanks

<project>
<folder id="1">
<asset id="99" />
<asset id="100" />
</folder>
<folder id="2">
<asset id="101" />
<asset id="102"><details title="test" /></asset>
</folder>
</project>

 

[JontyMC]

Use xpath:

set node = xml.selectSingleNode("//asset[@id='101']")
set theparent = node.parentNode
theparent.removeChild(node)

 

[CubeE101]

yup,

You can also simplify it to:
set node = xml.selectSingleNode("//asset[@id='101']")
node.parentNode.removeChild(node)

Another way to remove a node is to move it to a seperate DOM... you can set up an undo method this way ;-)
xml2.documentElement.appendChild(xml.selectSingleNode("//asset[@id='101']"))

On the other hand, if you actually want to COPY the node to a different location, you must use the Clone method...
xml2.documentElement.appendChild(xml.selectSingleNode("//asset[@id='101']")).Clone(True)


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