Hi,

I tried many variations from different examples with no result. I am
getting 'Object required' when I request Text property of a specific
node. Here is the code:


''''''''''''' This code is in ASP/VBScript''''''''''''''''''
' objXMLHTTP.responseText  contains the XML document  (see the previous
post for the XML doc)
' and that XML document will be the source for objOutputXMLDoc object
Dim objOutputXMLDoc
Set objOutputXMLDoc = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objOutputXMLDoc.loadXML objXMLHTTP.responseText
'
' Parse the XML document.
'
  Dim Node, snode

' This is one of the nodes we want (tried "product/attribute1",
"product/attribute3" with same result)
  snode = "/main/product/attribute1"

' Print the XML doc to make sure object really has it (it prints,
without line breaks)
  response.write "<LI>" & objOutputXMLDoc.xml

' Select a single node (whether it is necessary or not, putting
documentElement in between does not change the outcome)
  Set Node = objOutputXMLDoc.selectSingleNode(snode)

' Does it return Null? (It prints False)
  response.write "<LI>IsNull? " & IsNull(Node)

' Does it return an object? (It prints True)
  response.write "<LI>IsObject? " & IsObject(Node)

' Here, we get Run-time error: Object required
  response.write "<LI>" & Node.Text



Do you see anything that tells what might be wrong here?

Thanks,

Deniz

Peter Flynn wrote:
> denoxis wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a simple XML response coming from a server. I am using
> > Microsoft.XMLDOM object in VB script. For some reason I cannot parse
> > this XML properly. Here is the response:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <main>
> >    <email>anEmail</email>
> >    <address>anAddress</address>
> >    <boolean>Y</boolean>
> >    <product>
> >       <attribute1>someText</attribute1>
> >       <attribute2>someNumber</attribute2>
> >       <attribute3>someData</attribute3>
> >       <attribute4>moreData</attribute4>
> >    </product>
> >    <queryDate>someDate</queryDate>
> > </main>
>
> That is well-formed XML, so the response is processable. If the file
> was corrupt, then you would get an error message.
>
> > I tried selectSingleNode("product") method but it returns empty.
> > I also tried selectSingleNode("/main/product") with no avail.
>
> /main/product returns one hit here (using xpathtester).
> What do you get for /main/product/attribute1
>
> > I just noticed response does not have a proper ending (</xml>) could it
> > be the issue, or there is something else?
>
> There is no such thing. The root element start-tag is <main> and the
> root element end-tag is </main>. There is no such element in this
> document as <xml>, so there is no need for any </xml>. Perhaps you are
> confusing the XML Declaration <?xml...> with element markup (no query).
> 
> ///Peter
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