Classic ASP

Find Direct Child with Specific Tag

Demonstrates how to find a direct child having a specific tag.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruit color="red">apple</fruit>
    <fruit color="green">pear</fruit>
    <veg color="orange">carrot</veg>
    <meat animal="cow">beef</meat>
    <xyz>
        <fruit color="blue">blueberry</fruit>
        <veg color="green">broccoli</veg>
    </xyz>
    <fruit color="purple">grape</fruit>
    <cheese color="yellow">cheddar</cheese>
</root>

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")

' The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruit.xml
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/fruit.xml")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Find the direct child node having the tag "meat", and 
' return a new instance of the XML object referencing the
' child node, if found.
' child is a Chilkat.Xml
Set child = xml.FindChild("meat")
If (xml.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "No direct child having the tag ""meat"" was found.") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Content = " & child.Content) & "</pre>"

End If

' The same can be accomplished without creating a new 
' XML object instance.  Instead, the FindChild2 method updates
' the caller's internal reference to the found child, if successful.
success = xml.FindChild2("meat")
If (success = 1) Then
    ' Success!  The xml object now references the found child.
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Content = " & xml.Content) & "</pre>"
    ' Restore the reference back to the parent.
    success = xml.GetParent2()
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "No direct child having the tag ""meat"" was found.") & "</pre>"
End If


%>
</body>
</html>