Woohoo... thank you both oFldXMl.documentElement worked.

Seems so obvious now; when you know.

All the best.


On Mar 11, 8:53=A0pm, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayadayada.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi.
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> > > I have an XML document:
> > > <root>
> > > <data>
> > > <query>
> > > <!--HERE-->
> > > </query
> > > </data>
> > > </root>
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> > > And I need to insert an XML node with children where <!--HERE--> is.
> > > I know how to get the <query> node, but I can't figure out how to
> > > insert my node object.
> > > An input field will contain the following: <Where><Contains><FieldRef
> > > Name=3D"Test"/><Value Type=3D"Text">Tester</Value></Contains></Where>
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> > > I parse this using "MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0", and try and insert the
> > > XMLDom object as a child of <query>.
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> > > I've tried using:
> > > 1.- The text property of the <query> node, but that escapes the XML
> > > and it's treated as text.
> > > 2.- queryNode.appendChild(oFldXml) =3D the operation cannot be perform=
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> > > with a node of type document.
> > > 3.- queryNode.importNode(oFldXml, true) =3D Method not supported.
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> > > Any advice would be really appreciated.
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> > > Thanks.
> > If you are using version 3.0 then you need cloneNode:
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> > queryNode.appendChild(oFldXml.documentElement.cloneNode(true))
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> Since the oFldXml DOM has been created for the sole purpose of parsing som=
e
> XML from a string and then inserting the results into another DOM its most=

> likely that oFldXml will be discarded soon after. =A0Hence the cloneNode(t=
rue)
> is most likely unnecessary. =A0Just oFldXMl.documentElement would do.
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