Hi Davide, I assume the asterisks are just for our benefit. And I think the path you are looking for is "root/ancestor/someElement/@someAttribute".
You need the / before the @. Peter On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Dave Watts<[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm parsing a huge xml file, and i'm using xpath (as3 version) with >> memorphic package (http://code.google.com/p/xpath-as3/) >> but I cannot reach a single attribute value on a node: >> ex: >> <someElement *someAttribute="some value"*> >> ... >> ... >> </someElement> >> and i need this value to build a menu. >> I'm trying to reach this value with this path: >> "root/ancestor/someelem...@*someattribute*" >> >> But i get this error: >> "/Error: Some parsing went awry >> at memorphic.parser::SyntaxTree/verifyTree() >> at memorphic.xpath.parser::XPathParser/parseXPath() >> at memorphic.xpath::XPathQuery/set path() >> at memorphic.xpath::XPathQuery$iinit()/" >> >> Does anyone fixed this issue? >> >> Thanks for your answers (and sorry for my english)! > > There's no need to apologize for your English, it's certainly better > than my Italian (or anything else). > > Are there actually asterisks (*) around the attribute and its value? > While you can use asterisks within an attribute name, you can't have > one after the quoted value. I'm also not sure if you can use an > asterisk for the first character of the attribute name. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
