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| | | Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >microsoft.public.xml Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: XML DSO problem when XML elements have attributes [Thread Next] Re: XML DSO problem when XML elements have attributesTo: NULL Date: 10/7/2008 9:20:00 AM I have found a resolution to this. So for the benefit of others, here is how to do it ... <xml id="xmldso"> <START> <FIRSTNAME>Joe</FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME id="abc">Bloggs</LASTNAME> </START> </xml> <table datasrc="#xmldso"> <tr><td><div datafld="FIRSTNAME"></div></td></tr> <tr> <table datasrc="#xmldso" datafld="LASTNAME"> <tr><td><div datafld="$text"></div></td></tr> <table </tr> </table> ... basically I had to bind a second table to not only the data source but also to the element containing the attribute and then access the data for that element by using the internal $text reference. "wilsonr" wrote: > Hi Joe, > > Thanks for the reply. > > I found some documentation on MSDN that talks about how data is loaded > depending on whether it has attributes, child elements, etc, which supports > what you said about attributes being stored as columns in their own right, > but I still cannot find anything that states how/what to call an element > (that has attributes) other than by its name (which just isn't working). > > There is a 'special' data field called $text that represents a whole record, > when I reference that from within the HTML bound table, it brings back the > data for my element (which has an attribute) which seems to indicate that the > XML document is loading correctly without errors. > > I just cannot find any examples that shows a bound element (that has an > attribute) being referenced. > > Regards > > Rod > > "Joe Fawcett" wrote: > > > I haven't used the XML DSO for some time but I seem to remember it turns all > > attributes into elements before binding. > > So: <START><NAME ID="abc">Joe Bloggs</NAME></START> > > Ends as: <START><NAME>Joe Bloggs</NAME><ID>abc</ID?</START> > > or maybe the element precedes the NAME one. If some rows don't have an ID > > then you're ion trouble. > > One solution is to transform the XML first to a more usable form or do the > > data binding yourself. > > > > -- > > > > Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML) > > > > http://joe.fawcett.name > > > > > > "wilsonr" <wilsonr@d...> wrote in message > > news:FBB1E8E8-0272-4CE4-B9B1-3FAC4647D7A7@m...... > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to use the built-in XML/HTML data binding in Internet Explorer > > > using XML DSO. > > > > > > E.G. I have the following html code: > > > > > > <html><body> > > > <xml src="doc.xml" id="xmldso" async="false"></xml> > > > <table datasrc="#xmldso" width="100%" border="1"> > > > <tr><td><span datafld="NAME"></span></td></tr> > > > </table> > > > </body></html> > > > > > > And the following doc.xml file: > > > > > > <START><NAME>Joe Bloggs</NAME></START> > > > > > > Everything works fine i.e. "Joe Bloggs" appears in the HTML page until I > > > add > > > an attribute to the XML element. > > > > > > E.G. if my doc.xml file looks lke this ... > > > > > > <START><NAME ID="abc">Joe Bloggs</NAME></START> > > > > > > ... then it fails i.e. no data is displayed in the HTML as soon as the > > > "ID" > > > attribute is added to the "NAME" element. If I have multiple elements in > > > the > > > XML file then only the elements that don't have attributes are displayed. > > > > > > Is there something else I need to do to "tell" DSO to ignore the XML > > > element > > > attributes or is there a different way of referencing the element (within > > > the > > > HTML) if it has attributes? > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Rod > > > > > > | |
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