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steve.cpp wrote:
> Hi,
> I had a question about an example in Holzner's "XML: A Beginner's
> Guide." I have to learn XML quickly and picked up Holzner's book
> based on some colleagues advice, as well as on some online reviews. I
> have minimal experience with XML, or with JavaScript, so apologies if
> this is too easy.
>
> He has the following code posted as an example:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>
> Retrieving data from an XML document.
> </title>
> <xml id="firstXML" src="hello.xml"></xml>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> function getData()
> {
> xmldoc = document.all("firstXML").XMLDocument;
>
> nodeDoc = xmldoc.documentElement;
> nodeGreeting = nodeDoc.firstChild;
>
> outputMessage = "Greeting: " +
> nodeGreeting.firstChild.nodeValue;
> message.innerHTML=outputMessage;
> }
> </script>
> </head>
>
> <body>
> <center>
> <h1>
> Retrieving data from an XML document.
> </h1>
>
> <div id="message"></DIV>
> <p>
> <input type="button" value="Read the greeting."
> onclick="getData()">
> </center>
> </body>
> </html>
Any book that gives this as an "example" of HTML should probably be set
aside. It's neither HTML nor XHTML, and it shows signs of having been
constructed by someone unfamiliar with the conventions of markup. The
fact that it might work in IE and nowhere else is likely to be
sufficient reason to discard it.
///Peter
--
XML FAQ: http://xml.silmaril.ie/
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