Thanks a lot....
That worked...
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList = employees.employee.(child("department") ==
> <></>);
>
>
>
> <></> is an empty XMLList.
>
>
>
> - Gordon
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of coder_flex
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:53 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] e4x filtering elements without specified children
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Some days ago I had asked a question about filtering on child's
> attribute for elements of
> which some of those children are missing. the xml I used was:
>
> var employees:XML =
> <employees>
> <employee name="joe mark">
> <department id="id1"/>
> <address city="miami" state="florida"/>
> </employee>
> <employee name="sandra morey">
> <address city="san francisco" state="california"/>
> </employee>
> <employee name="mary dooley">
> <department id="id1"/>
> <address city="los angeles" state="california"/>
> </employee>
> </employees>
>
> Note here that the second employee record doesnt have department
> element at all.
>
> Now I am trying to filter it the otherway around, ie., In the above
> xml definition I want all the "employee" elements for which the
> "department" child element is missing. Therefore I want the employee
> with name "sandra morey" above.
>
> I tried all these expressions to no avail:
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList = employees.employee.(child("department")
> == null);
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList = employees.employee.(child("department")
> == "");
>
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList = employees.employee.(department ==
> null);//throws error.
>
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList =
> employees.employee.(child("department")[EMAIL PROTECTED] == null);
> var noDeptEmployees:XMLList =
> employees.employee.(child("department")[EMAIL PROTECTED] == "");
>
> What is the e4x expression to get employee elements without
> department's.
>
> thanks in advance for the answer.
>
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