RE: [cf-xml] xml merge

[Schreck, Tom]

Thanks for the tip.  I'm learning xml and am excited about its possibilities.  Each 
chunk I need to merge has the same root element.  How should I manage that?  Ideally, 
I would like to have 1 <XMLDescriptor> root element and just merge the <FormElement> 
elements.  Here's an example of the chunks I'm trying to merge:

XML Chunk #1:
<XMLDescriptor>
   <FormElement TYPE="Memo">
      <elementName>txtContentHeader</elementName>
      <elementLabel>Title</elementLabel>
      <ynIsRequired>1</ynIsRequired>
      <xslMember>Abstract,Header</xslMember>
      <editLevel>1</editLevel>
      <defaultValue/>
      <elementSize>35</elementSize>
      <elementMaxLength>50</elementMaxLength>
      <elementClass>txtBlack14</elementClass>
      <elementLabelClass>txtGray14</elementLabelClass>
      <elementPosition>1</elementPosition>
   </FormElement>
   <FormElement TYPE="Hidden">
      <elementName>numSubmittedByID</elementName>
      <elementLabel>Submitted By</elementLabel>
      <ynIsRequired>1</ynIsRequired>
      <xslMember/>
      <editLevel>0</editLevel>
      <defaultValue>client.numPersonnelID</defaultValue>
      <elementSize/>
      <elementMaxLength/>
      <elementClass/>
      <elementLabelClass/>
      <elementPosition>2</elementPosition>
   </FormElement>
</XMLDescriptor>

XML Chunk #2:
<XMLDescriptor>
   <FormElement TYPE="Memo">
      <elementName>txtContentHeader</elementName>
      <elementLabel>Test Merge Label</elementLabel>
   </FormElement>
   <FormElement TYPE="Text">
      <elementName>txtTest</elementName>
      <elementLabel>Test</elementLabel>
      <ynIsRequired>0</ynIsRequired>
      <ynIsInherited>0</ynIsInherited>
      <xslMember>Abstract,Header</xslMember>
      <editLevel>1</editLevel>
      <defaultValue/>
      <elementSize>35</elementSize>
      <elementMaxLength>50</elementMaxLength>
      <elementClass>txtBlack14</elementClass>
      <elementLabelClass>txtGray14</elementLabelClass>
      <elementPosition>1</elementPosition>
   </FormElement>
</XMLDescriptor>


I appreciate your help.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Drayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:53 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [cf-xml] xml merge


Hi Tom,

Try this:

<cfscript>

        XMLPacket = "<?xml version=""1.0""?>";
        XMLPacket = XMLPacket & cfvariable_1;
        XMLPacket = XMLPacket & cfvariable_2;
        XMLPacket = XMLPacket & cfvariable_3;
        etc.
</cfscript>

You can also lump them all into one line, by doing this:

        XMLPacket = "<?xml version=""1.0""?>" & cfvariable1 & cfvariable2...
;

Doing it the first way you can use if(IsDefined()) to check for the presence
of the variables, however, there is a little more overhead due to CF writing
a new string to memory on each line (not much, though).

Hope this helps,

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Schreck, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [cf-xml] xml merge


I'm needing to take multiple cf variables containing xml chunks and merge
them into 1 xml document.  I'd appreciate any insight into how this can be
accomplished.

Thanks - Tom

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