I think the docs are in error. It should be: myXML["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1]
HTH Dominic 2008/6/30 rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello everyone, > > I have this code that should generate the same exact XML three ways, but > I can't get the third way to work. > > 1. cfxml - this works exactly the way I want it. > > <cfxml variable="whatIwant"> > <breakfast_menu> > <food> > <name quantity="50" quantity2="150">Belgian Waffles</name> > <description>Our famous Belgian Waffles</description> > </food> > <morefood/> > </breakfast_menu> > </cfxml> > <cfdump var="#whatIwant#"/> > > 2. xmlNew() - this works like cfxml, but quantity and quantity2 > attributes come out as uppercase > > <cfset myXML = XmlNew()/> > <cfset myXML.xmlRoot = XmlElemNew(myXML, "breakfast_menu")/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[1] = XmlElemNew(myXML, "food")/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[2] = XmlElemNew(myXML, > "morefood")/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.xmlChildren[1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, > "name")/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.xmlChildren[2] = xmlElemNew(myXML, > "description")/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlText = "Belgian Waffles"/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlAttributes.quantity = 50 > /><!--- this comes out as uppercase ---> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.name.xmlAttributes.quantity2 = 150 > /><!--- this comes out as uppercase ---> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.food.description.xmlText = "Our famous > Belgian Waffles"/> > <cfset myXML.breakfast_menu.xmlChildren[2] = xmlElemNew(myXML, > "morefood")/> > <cfdump var="#myXML#"/> > > 3. xmlNew(true) - I'm trying to get the quantity/quantity2 attributes to > be case sensitive. I cannot get this to work at all. I cannot add the > child node "name" under "food" > > <cfscript> > myXML = xmlNew(true); > myXML.xmlRoot = xmlElemNew(myXML, "breakfast_menu"); > myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "food"); > myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "morefood"); > myXML.["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); > //myXML.xmlRoot[1][1][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //does not work > //myXML["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); > //this does not work > //myXML.xmlRoot["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, > "name"); //this does not work > //myXML.xmlRoot[1][1][1] = xmlElemNew(myXML, "name"); //this does not > work > </cfscript> > <cfdump var="#myXML#"/> > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=XML_08.html > says not to use dot notation when referencing case sensitive XML. One > of the examples in there, I cannot get to work: > > MyDoc.["employee"]["name"][1] > > > which would translate to my code as: > > myXML.["breakfast_menu"]["food"][1] > > I get an error saying 'A CFML variable name cannot end with a "." > character.' > > Thanks for the help! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
