XMLHttpRequest - how to get XML attributes

[SpaceMarine]

hello,

my ASP.NET page uses javascript to retrieve XML data from another ASPX
page. i do this like so (snippets for example):
var ajaxResults;
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();

xmlhttp.open("GET", "getData.aspx", true);

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) //ready
{
if (xmlhttp.status == 200) //success
{
//alert('success');
var xml = xmlhttp.responseXML;

//return cross-browser DOM object
if (xml.documentElement)
ajaxResults = xml.documentElement;

} else {
//alert('There was a problem retrieving the data:\n' +
xmlhttp.statusText);
}
}
}

xmlhttp.send(null)
....which populates "ajaxResults". the data looks like:
<results timestamp="6/20/2008 11:34:33 AM">
<dataItem value="1">Call for Service</dataItem>
</results>
....cool. i can then use this in JS like so:
var ddlItems = document.getElementById("ddlItems");

var i;
for (i = 0; i < resultNodes.length; i++){

//add an item to list
ddlItems.options.length ++;
ddlItems.options[i].value = i; // ? how do i get the attribute of the
node?
ddlItems.options[i].text = resultNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue; //
gets TEXT of "<dataItem>"
}
....all well and good (enough for me). but the question: how do i parse
the *attribute* values from my above returned XML object?
thanks,
matt

[SpaceMarine]

On Jun 20, 11:38*am, SpaceMarine <[e-mail]:

...all well and good (enough for me). but the question: how do i parse
the *attribute* values from my above returned XML object?

found something helpful:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...78(VS.85).aspx

so in the above, heres how i can get the root node's timestamp
attribute:

alert(ajaxResults.attributes[0].value);

...now all i have to do is get the <dataItem>'s attribute. will post
syntax when located.

[SpaceMarine]

On Jun 20, 11:53*am, SpaceMarine <[e-mail]:

so in the above, heres how i can get the root node's timestamp
attribute:

* *alert(ajaxResults.attributes[0].value);

...now all i have to do is get the <dataItem>'s attribute. will post
syntax when located.

found it:

//attribute value for result node
alert(resultNodes[i].attributes.getNamedItem("value").value);

sm

[Joe Fawcett]

"SpaceMarine" <sp*********@mailinator.comwrote in message
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On Jun 20, 11:53 am, SpaceMarine <[e-mail]:

>so in the above, heres how i can get the root node's timestamp
attribute:

alert(ajaxResults.attributes[0].value);

...now all i have to do is get the <dataItem>'s attribute. will post
syntax when located.

found it:

//attribute value for result node
alert(resultNodes[i].attributes.getNamedItem("value").value);

sm

You should also be able to use the terser:

resultNodes[i].getAttribute("value")

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Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name