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Re: attributes

• From: "Don Park" <donpark@q...>
• To: <XML-DEV@i...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:53:43 -0700

Eddie,

>how you can know if an
>xml attribute
>is present with JavaScript?
>
>I tried this:
>
> if (theElement.getAttribute("MANAGER") != null)
> aText += "&manager=" + theElement.getAttribute("MANAGER");

getAttribute will return empty string if attribute is not present.  Use
getAttributeNode.

if (theElement.getAttributeNode("MANAGER") != null)

Don Park
Docuverse



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