I am able to combine the chunks together and remove the initial root element tags as suggested below. Thanks for the help. I'm now facing a problem of needing to be able to merge 2 form elements together. Notice in the example below, each xml chunk has a form element with an element name of txtContentHeader. Any suggestions on merging these together?
Thanks - Tom -----Original Message----- From: tom dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cf-xml] xml merge Hi Tom (Schreck) The easiest way to do this will be through ColdFusion text manipulation. Something like this (in <cfscript> tags): // combine the XML chunks fullxml = xmlchunk_1 & xmlchunk_2; // remove all the root elements fullxml = replace(fullxml,'<XMLDescriptor>','','all'); fullxml = replace(fullxml,'</XMLDescriptor>','','all'); // replace the root elements at the beginning and end of the combined chunk fullxml = '<XMLDescriptor>' & fullxml & '</XMLDescriptor>'; Hope this helps Tom (Dyson) -----------------+ tom dyson t: +44 (0)1608 811870 m: +44 (0)7958 752657 http://torchbox.com > 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 > -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: http://torchbox.com/xml -----------------------+ cf-xml mailing list list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: http://torchbox.com/xml
