thanks peter, that using a literal delete... waht if you do delete via reference... e.g. node:XMLNode = xml.tagName["@id=3"]; if you delete node you've you tried to delete the new reference... how do you delete the tag with an id attribute of 3? Grant <http://www.bluetube.com/bti/images/small.jpg> ................................................... > b l u e t u b e i n t e r a c t i v e .: The connection between creative and engineering .: grant davies .: 404.428.6839 (c) .: 708-983-1577 (F) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bluetube.com/bti <http://www.bluetube.com/bti>
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Farland Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] finding and removing nodes from xml http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/operators.html#delete_(XML <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/operators.html#delete_(XML> ) ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Davies Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] finding and removing nodes from xml I'm trying to find the most correct and efficient syntax to find nodes with a particular attribute value and remove them from an xml document.. suppose my xml is : <code> <response> <status-code>0</status-code> <status-message><![CDATA[ The call was successful ]]></status-message> <recipients> <recipient id="5" firstName="John" lastName="Smith">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:john%40blah.com> </recipient> <recipient id="6" firstName="firstName" lastName="lastName">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:chuck%40blah.com> </recipient> <recipient id="23" firstName="grant" lastName="davies">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:grant%40blue.com> </recipient> <recipient id="24" firstName="fool" lastName="me">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:grant%40fool.com> </recipient> <recipient id="25" firstName="frick" lastName="frack">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:frick%40fool.com> </recipient> <recipient id="26" firstName="grant" lastName="davees">[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:firday%40nowhere.com> </recipient> </recipients> </response> </code> And I want to find recipients with an id of 6 and 23 and remove them from the xml... What is the syntax for this? I can find those nodes into an XMLList fine... Its removing them I'm having fun with.. Cheers, Grant
