Problem with RSS feed

[Rajiv Das]

Hi,
I am trying to incorporate Really Simple Syndicate (RSS) news into my asp
(not asp.net) based website. Since RSS is basically XML, I am trying to open
the xml file and parse it. On Asp.net the following code works seamlessly. I
am running IIS 5.1 on Win Xp Sp1.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dim objXMLNews
set objXMLNews = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DomDocument.4.0")
objXMLNews.async = False

objXMLNews.load("http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world
/rss091.xml")

Dim xmlNodeNews
set xmlNodeNews = objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")

Dim xmlNewsItem

For Each xmlNewsItem In xmlNodeNews
Response.Write("<a href='" &
xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(2).Text() & "'>")
Response.Write(xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(0).Text ())
Response.Write("</a><br/>")
Next
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

However on ASP I get the following error.

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8)
Object required: '[object]'

in this line -> [set xmlNodeNews =
objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")]

Any ideas?

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Cheers,
Rajiv Das

[Morten Wennevik]

Well, the link works. I tested it in my own RSS/RDF reader and got no
errors.
What does the "//item" accomplish? Will "item" do the same?

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[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* Morten Wennevik wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:

What does the "//item" accomplish? Will "item" do the same?

Selects all item element nodes in the document. "item" will accomplish
the same if all item element nodes are children of the context node.

[Rajiv Das]

I want to extract the 'item' node and so I used '//item'
Even removing the // does no good.
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Cheers,
Rajiv Das
"Morten Wennevik" <Mo************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:opryry24k4hntkfz@localhost...

Well, the link works. I tested it in my own RSS/RDF reader and got no
errors.
What does the "//item" accomplish? Will "item" do the same?

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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

1st.
wrong newsgroup. This is for the .NET XML support, which is in the .NET
base class lib. This group is not for support of MSXML, which is a
different thing. For that you should probably go to microsoft.public.xml
2nd
set xmlNodeNews =
objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//rss/channel/item")
-Dino
"Rajiv Das" <ra********************@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,
I am trying to incorporate Really Simple Syndicate (RSS) news into my asp
(not asp.net) based website. Since RSS is basically XML, I am trying to open the xml file and parse it. On Asp.net the following code works seamlessly. I am running IIS 5.1 on Win Xp Sp1.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dim objXMLNews
set objXMLNews = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DomDocument.4.0")
objXMLNews.async = False

objXMLNews.load("http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world /rss091.xml")

Dim xmlNodeNews
set xmlNodeNews = objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")

Dim xmlNewsItem

For Each xmlNewsItem In xmlNodeNews
Response.Write("<a href='" &
xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(2).Text() & "'>")
Response.Write(xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(0).Text ())
Response.Write("</a><br/>")
Next
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
However on ASP I get the following error.

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8)
Object required: '[object]'

in this line -> [set xmlNodeNews =
objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")]

Any ideas?

--
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Cheers,
Rajiv Das

[Kirk Allen Evans [MVP]]

It really sounds like the progID is not there. The following VBScript runs
when you save it as a .VBS file and run it from your desktop:

Dim objXMLNews
set objXMLNews = CreateObject("Msxml2.DomDocument.4.0")
objXMLNews.async = False
objXMLNews.ValidateOnParse = false

objXMLNews.load("http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world
/rss091.xml")

Dim xmlNodeNews
set xmlNodeNews = objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")

Dim xmlNewsItem

dim strResult

For Each xmlNewsItem In xmlNodeNews
strResult = "<a href='" & xmlNewsItem.selectSingleNode("link").Text & "'>"
strResult = strResult &
xmlNewsItem.selectSingleNode("title").Text
strResult = strResult & "</a><br/>"
WScript.Echo(strResult)
Next
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Kirk Allen Evans
Microsoft MVP, XmlInsider, AspInsider
www.xmlandasp.net
Read my web log at http://weblogs.asp.net/kaevans

"Rajiv Das" <ra********************@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi,
I am trying to incorporate Really Simple Syndicate (RSS) news into my asp
(not asp.net) based website. Since RSS is basically XML, I am trying to open the xml file and parse it. On Asp.net the following code works seamlessly. I am running IIS 5.1 on Win Xp Sp1.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dim objXMLNews
set objXMLNews = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DomDocument.4.0")
objXMLNews.async = False

objXMLNews.load("http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world /rss091.xml")

Dim xmlNodeNews
set xmlNodeNews = objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")

Dim xmlNewsItem

For Each xmlNewsItem In xmlNodeNews
Response.Write("<a href='" &
xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(2).Text() & "'>")
Response.Write(xmlNewsItem.childNodes.Item(0).Text ())
Response.Write("</a><br/>")
Next
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
However on ASP I get the following error.

Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8)
Object required: '[object]'

in this line -> [set xmlNodeNews =
objXMLNews.documentElement.selectNodes("//item")]

Any ideas?

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Cheers,
Rajiv Das