If you aren't forced to use XML, look at trying JSON instead. It is a
MUCH friendlier format for passing information around.
On May 17, 11:09 pm, KrushRadio - Doc <drega...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paypal Transaction ID: 8PY233604R986225R :D
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Actually, there were 2 parts that I didn't get.. one was the CSS
> selector syntax and how it needed to be formed inside of the initial
> grab..
>
> Thats the learning curve. the way that 'day[name=Monday]show' didn't
> make any sense to me. in xpath i'd have to use the /day
> [...@name='monday']/show would have made more sense... The lack of
> quotes would have thrown me the most. i probably would have chained
> the show at the end of it, in another each function.
>
> So, basically, the initial dataset definition can be in the first
> part, I don't have to chain the find(day and attribute).find(show,
> data).each(function(){ do stuff here} which was the original track i
> was going down.
>
> Thanks so much again... this part has been haunting me.
>
> ~Doc
>
> On May 17, 8:20 pm, deltaf <j...@deltafactory.com> wrote:
>
> > And now for the "teaching" part of the request...
>
> > KrushRadio, the crucial part that I believe you wanted to be taught
> > about is:
> > $('day[name=Monday]>show', data)
>
> > If you're familiar with CSS selector syntax, that's a great head-
> > start.The full details can be found athttp://docs.jquery.com/Selectors
>
> > To break it down for you, the selector includes "<show> elements that
> > are children of <day> elements with name attributes equal to
> > 'Monday'". All of the matched results are put into an array of
> > elements which are iterated with .each().
>
> > Hope we've helped earn jQuery that donation!
>
> > - jb
>
> > On May 17, 8:43 pm, "comslash.com" <comsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > $(function(){
>
> > > $.ajax({
> > > type: "GET",
> > > url: "test.xml",
> > > dataType: "xml",
> > > success: function(data){
> > > $('day[name=Monday]>show',
> > > data).each(function(){
> > > time =
> > > $(this).find('time').text();
> > > dj
> > > = $(this).find('dj').text();
> > > showname
> > > =$(this).find('showname').text();
>
> > >
> > > $('body').append(time + '<br />' + dj + '<br />' + showname +
> > > '<br /><br />');
> > > });
> > > }
> > > });
>
> > > });- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
