AJAX simple problem!

[theS70RM]

hi, i think im missing something here....

i have some xml stored in javascript:

<picture>
<date>5-5-2007</date>
<title>Picture title</title>
<filename>filename.jpg</filename>
<size>6x4</size>
</picture>

i have stored "picture"

var XMLinfo = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('picture');
 

all i then want to do, is list the childnode names and each of their values, this is what ive done so far:

var n = XMLinfo.childNodes.length;
var output = "";
 
    for (i=0;i<n;i++)
    {            
       if (infoName != "#text" && infoName != "")
       {
        output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].nodeName;
        output += ": ";
 
                 //this is the line with the problem
        output += XMLinfo.childNodes.item(i).nodeValue;
       }
 
      }
     alert(output);
 

It shows the node names but Ive tried all sorts of combinations of syntax for the second line but cant get it to show the value.

Also tried:

infoName = XMLinfo.childNodes[i].nodeName;  XMLinfo.getElementsByTagName(infoName)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
 

but that didnt work either. I know i could getElementByTagName() for each child node, but some "picture" nodes have a different number of childnodes so wanted to do it automatically.

Anybody see where i am going wrong?

thanks!

Andy

[jkmyoung]

Do either of these work?
output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].nodeValue;
output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].childeNodes[0].nodeValue;

[theS70RM]

Do either of these work?
output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].nodeValue;
output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].childeNodes[0].nodeValue;

nope afraid not:

first one returns null
second one gives and error and returns nothing

i don't understand, i seem to have tried every combination!

[jkmyoung]

output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

I spelled child wrong. Yeah, not sure why it's not working then, if you can get the name, but not the children nodes of it.

[theS70RM]

output += XMLinfo.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

I spelled child wrong. Yeah, not sure why it's not working then, if you can get the name, but not the children nodes of it.

yea clocked the spelling mistake cheers.

what i dont understand is that when i use:

XMLinfo.getElementsByTagName('title')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue

it returns the title no problem so i know the xml is ok. just cant see the other way of accessing this node other than using getElementsByTagName()