Sorry Mittie and Paul,
Relaxing the XPATH - worked!
Thanks for your help - never would have figured that out myself.
Doug
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Webtest] Am I using XPATH correctly?
Did relaxing the XPath to ignore the incorrect parts of
the HTML work?
Cheers, Paul.
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> Mittie,
> > I don't have any way of modifying the html code ... is there anything > else I can do?
> > Thanks
> Doug > > -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:05 PM
> Subject: RE: [Webtest] Am I using XPATH correctly?
> > Hi,
> > your html code isn't fully correct. It misses a tbody elements to > enclose the tr tabs.
> The browsers don't mind but the html parser that comes with htmlunit > puts those missing elements in the dom.
> You may profit from relaxing your your XPATH a bit like
> string(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'etContent']/form//tr[1]/td[2]//b[1])
> that also makes it easier to maintain
> > Xpath engines differ slightly between stylus, XPE, and HtmlUnit but this > is unlikely to be the source of your problem.
> > cheers
> Mittie
> > -----Original Message-----
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 13. Juli 2006 19:12
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [Webtest] Am I using XPATH correctly?
> > Hello all,
> > I have a webpage I am trying to use WebTest/XPATH to extract a
> value. I've cut-and-pasted the html in this post. I've confirmed the
> XPATH is correct using XPATH Explorer and Stylus tools.
> > Here are some things I've seen:
> - The value I'm trying to grab is within a bold tag
> - The value is preceeded and succeeded by embedded tab characters (I
> can't change)
> > Here's the XPATH (I've also removed the string function and given an
> absolute path - no change):
> string(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'etContent']/form[1]/table[1]/tr[2]/td[2]/div[1]/table[1]/tr[1]/td[1]/table[2]/tr[1]/td[1]/table[1]/tr[1]/td[2]/font[1]/b[1])
> > My WebTest script does not report an error but, instead, appears to
> show a blank value (could this be the result of the tab?)
> > Is this an XPATH 1.0 vs. 2.0 issue? Does WebTest use XPATH 1.0 or 2.0?
> > I'm stumped - help, please.
> > Thanks
> > > -----------------
> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width=100%
> bgcolor="#999999">
> <tr>
> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" height="30"><b>Last<br>Price</b></td>
> <td nowrap bgcolor="#ffffcc"><font size="3"><b>
> > > > > > 14.20
> > > > > > </b></font>
> </td>
> > > ---------------------
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the HTML work?
Cheers, Paul.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mittie,
> > I don't have any way of modifying the html code ... is there anything > else I can do?
> > Thanks
> Doug > > -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:05 PM
> Subject: RE: [Webtest] Am I using XPATH correctly?
> > Hi,
> > your html code isn't fully correct. It misses a tbody elements to > enclose the tr tabs.
> The browsers don't mind but the html parser that comes with htmlunit > puts those missing elements in the dom.
> You may profit from relaxing your your XPATH a bit like
> string(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'etContent']/form//tr[1]/td[2]//b[1])
> that also makes it easier to maintain
> > Xpath engines differ slightly between stylus, XPE, and HtmlUnit but this > is unlikely to be the source of your problem.
> > cheers
> Mittie
> > -----Original Message-----
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 13. Juli 2006 19:12
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [Webtest] Am I using XPATH correctly?
> > Hello all,
> > I have a webpage I am trying to use WebTest/XPATH to extract a
> value. I've cut-and-pasted the html in this post. I've confirmed the
> XPATH is correct using XPATH Explorer and Stylus tools.
> > Here are some things I've seen:
> - The value I'm trying to grab is within a bold tag
> - The value is preceeded and succeeded by embedded tab characters (I
> can't change)
> > Here's the XPATH (I've also removed the string function and given an
> absolute path - no change):
> string(//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'etContent']/form[1]/table[1]/tr[2]/td[2]/div[1]/table[1]/tr[1]/td[1]/table[2]/tr[1]/td[1]/table[1]/tr[1]/td[2]/font[1]/b[1])
> > My WebTest script does not report an error but, instead, appears to
> show a blank value (could this be the result of the tab?)
> > Is this an XPATH 1.0 vs. 2.0 issue? Does WebTest use XPATH 1.0 or 2.0?
> > I'm stumped - help, please.
> > Thanks
> > > -----------------
> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width=100%
> bgcolor="#999999">
> <tr>
> <td bgcolor="#cccccc" height="30"><b>Last<br>Price</b></td>
> <td nowrap bgcolor="#ffffcc"><font size="3"><b>
> > > > > > 14.20
> > > > > > </b></font>
> </td>
> > > ---------------------
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Check out AOL.com today*
> <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom>.
> Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand.
> Always Free.
>
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