[jQuery] Re: How to update the content of an XML node with JQuery

Hi Michel,

Thank you very much for pointing that, now its clear why it
wasn't updating. But can you give me some idea on how I can achieve
this functionality. I just want to manipulate the xml at client side
using jquery and finally send it back to the server as string. I was
trying with append() and replaceWith() function in vain!! :(
I would like to do it with Jquery because i need some browser
compatibility. Is this really possible with jquery?

Thanks for your time
karthick

On Dec 1, 10:01 pm, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Easy, you're not working on the original xml string, you're working on a dom
> object generated using the string as original. It's not attached to your
> theXml variable anymore.
>
> Michel Belleville
>
> 2009/12/1 karthick <mskarth...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
>
> > I have an simple xml dom (which is parsed from a string) like this
>
> > <PersonList>
> >        <Person>
> >               <PersonId>1</PersonId>
> >               <LocationId>1</LocationId>
> >               <AnswerId>1</AnswerId>
> >        </Person>
> > </PersonList>
>
> > Now using the jquery find() method I am able to get the value of
> > PersonId. But what I really want is to modify its value to 30
>
> > ie after updating the xml it should look like this
>
> > <PersonList>
> >        <Person>
> >               <PersonId >30</PersonId>
> >               <LocationId>1</LocationId>
> >               <AnswerId>1</AnswerId>
> >        </Person>
> > </PersonList>
>
> > Here is the code I am trying with
>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > var theXml = "<PersonList><Person><PersonId>1</PersonId><LocationId>1</
> > LocationId><AnswerId>1</AnswerId></Person></PersonList>";
>
> > $(document).ready(function(){
>
> >      $("#butSub").click(function(event){
> >               theXml = parseXml(theXml);
> >             $(theXml).find('Person').each(function(){
> >                            $(this).find('PersonId').text("30");
> >                            alert($(this).find('PersonId').text()); //This
> > alert shows the updated value 30 for PersonId node
> >                             });
> >             alert(theXml);   //This alert shows old value 1 for PersonId
> > node.
> >     });
> >  });
> > function parseXml(xml)
> >        {
> >                if (jQuery.browser.msie)
> >                {
> >                        var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
> >                        xmlDoc.loadXML(xml);
> >                        xml = xmlDoc;
> >                }
> >                return xml;
> >        }
> > </script>
>
> > Could you guys tell me where I am going wrong? or Is there any other
> > better way of doing this?
>
> > I really really appreciate your help on this
>
> > Thank you
> > Karthick