Actually, you want to limit yourself to these - since CF9 is still xpath1 (Zeus is adding xpath2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath_1.0 On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can use functions to get values: > > > > <cfxml variable="test"> > <employee> > <startDate>09-09-2009</startDate> > </employee> > </cfxml> > > <cfset r = xmlSearch(test, "string(//employee/startDate)")> > <cfdump var="#r#"> > > Docs: http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_functions.asp#string > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Dominic Watson > <watson.domi...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> It's getting old in the tooth and could do with some JavaLoader love, >> but this project can help with that sorta thing: >> >> http://betterxml.riaforge.org >> >> Dominic >> >> On 7 December 2011 21:09, Christophe Maso <zum...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Is there any way to get the "09-09-2009" string using xmlSearch() for the >>> below xml? >>> >>> <employee> >>> <startDate>09-09-2009</startDate> >>> </employee> >>> >>> I've been doing something like this, which is a real pain: >>> >>> arrDate = xmlSearch(xml, "//employee/startDate"); >>> strDate = arrDate[1].XmlText; >>> >>> It seems that xmlSearch() must always return an array and is unable to >>> return a string, which makes sense, but using the above code has gotten >>> old, real fast. >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
