XML and Classic asp

[Gman]

I'm attempting to to remove and add some nodes to some XML in classic asp.

heres the rough xml structure

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<datafragment id="12345">
<container>
	<problem id="45565">
		<data1>test data</data1>
		<data2>test data</data2>
		<data3>test data</data3>
	</problem id="43434">
		<problem>
		<data1>lardee dar</data1>
		<data2>lardee dar</data2>
		<data3>lardee dar</data3>
	</problem id="4523">
		<problem>
		<data1>noolaaa</data1>
		<data2>ghhhhh</data2>
		<data3>tjjjjhh</data3>
	</problem id="45578">
		<problem>
		<data1>hhbbhuu</data1>
		<data2>yygtty</data2>
		<data3>ttytytt</data3>
	</problem>
</container>
</datafragment>
<datafragment id=""767635>
<container>
	<problem id="455465">
		<data1>test data</data1>
		<data2>test data</data2>
		<data3>test data</data3>
	</problemid="331122">
		<problem>
		<data1>lardee dar</data1>
		<data2>lardee dar</data2>
		<data3>lardee dar</data3>
	</problem id="56784">
		<problem>
		<data1>noolaaa</data1>
		<data2>ghhhhh</data2>
		<data3>tjjjjhh</data3>
	</problem id="456782">
		<problem>
		<data1>hhbbhuu</data1>
		<data2>yygtty</data2>
		<data3>ttytytt</data3>
	</problem>
</container>
</datafragment>
</data>

and here's my messy code i'm playing with

Function testFunction()
	Dim  i, ProblemArray, copyOfOrigXML,objLst2, remvnd,xmlDoc,objNodes,objLst3,objNodes9,xmlDoc7
	Dim ID, problemID
	
	ProblemArray = Split(ProblemOrder,",")
	
	
	copyOfOrigXML = session("XMLOrig")
	set xmlDoc7 = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DomDocument.3.0")
	xmlDoc7.async = false
	xmlDoc7.loadXML(copyOfOrigXML)
	
	'first remove all the problem elements
	set xmlDoc = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DomDocument.3.0")
	xmlDoc.async = false
	xmlDoc.loadXML(copyOfOrigXML)
	Set objNodes = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DomDocument.3.0")
	Set objNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("datafragment")
	
	' This loops round the trusts
	for each objLst2 in objNodes
		ID = objLst2.getAttribute("id")
		
		Set objNodes9 = objLst2.getElementsByTagName("problem")
		' this loops round the problems
		for each objLst3 in objNodes9
			For i = 0 to ubound(ProblemArray)
				
				If ProblemArray(i) = objLst3.getAttribute("id") Then
					set remvnd= xmlDoc7.selectSingleNode("/data/datafragment[@id = '"&ID&"']/container/problem[@id='"&ProblemArray(i)&"']")
					If Not remvnd Is Nothing Then
					xmlDoc7.documentElement.removeChild remvnd
					End If
				End If
		
			Next

		Next
End Function

It works as far as xmlDoc7.documentElement.removeChild remvnd
then falls over with the error "The parameter Node is not a child of this node"

All i'm trying to do with this bit of code is remove the problem nodes that match the problem Id's that are returned in the array. Any ideas ?

 

[akakjs]

If I remember correctly "xmlDoc7.documentElement.removeChild" only works for nodes that are directly under the documentelement's root node.

akakjs

 

[Gman]

righty that could be the problem then cheers