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user460114

Reputation: 1848

coldfusion/xml - obtain a value by xmlName, rather than by xmlchildren array position

Given the following XML "thisXML":

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I can obtain the product name via

<cfset vProduct = thisXML.xmlchildren[1].xmltext>

But, how do obtain a value by xmlName, rather than by xmlChildren array position, i.e. in pseudocode:

<cfset vProduct = thisXML.xmlchildren[xmlName='product'].xmltext>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1035

Answers (1)

Nathan Strutz
Nathan Strutz

Reputation: 8123

You should be able to get to it with thisXML.Product - it worked for me.

--xmltest.xml

<table1>
    <product>KiaOra</product>
    <SubscriberCode>2232481600</SubscriberCode>
</table1>

--xmltest.cfm

<cfscript>
    // this is setup stuff
    f = FileRead(expandPath("xmltest.xml"));
    x = XmlParse(f);
    xDetail = XmlSearch(x,"/table1")[1]; // this gets the exact result your cfdump image has

    // here is the important part
    writeOutput(xDetail.product.xmlText);
</cfscript>

--output

KiaOra

You just have to realize that even though your XML prints out in the detail view, it still works like XML in the standard cfdump view.

Upvotes: 3

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