Re: how to get string value of element node without ch

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Craig Kattner wrote:

> I'm sure the answer is obvious, but I can't seem to find it.
> 
> I have the following XML:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
> <switches>
> 	<finishes>
> 		<finish>
> 			Almond Decorative 
> 			<hold>no</hold> 
> 		</finish>
> 		<finish>
> 			Commercial 
> 			<hold>no</hold> 
> 			<hold>yes</hold> 
> 		</finish>
> 		<finish>
> 			Ivory Decorative 
> 			<hold>no</hold> 
> 			<hold>yes</hold> 
> 		</finish>
> 		<finish>
> 			White Decorative 
> 			<hold>no</hold> 
> 		</finish>
> 	</finishes>
> </switches>

while others much smarter than i will undoubtedly give you a solution,
i'd actually recommend redesigning your XML.  it seems unwieldy to have
a plain text node "Almond Decorative" as a child of <finish>, mixed
in with legitimate child elements <hold>.

why not give that field an element name?  then you can select it
explicitly by that element name, and your problem would go away.

rday


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