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
>
>
>
