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basic-xml-11-AlterValue.htm / htm



  <html>
   <head>
    <title>Retrieve a named node and change its value</title>
   </head>
   <body>
    <script language="JScript" type="text/javascript">
     try {
     var strXML = "<?xml version='1.0' ?><Book><Chapter number='1'>This is Chapter 1.</Chapter><Chapter number='2'>This is Chapter 2.</Chapter><Chapter number='3'>This is the original Chapter 3.</Chapter></Book>"
     var objXMLDOM = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
     objXMLDOM.loadXML(strXML);
  
     alert(objXMLDOM.xml); // Show the original XML
     // First use the insertBefore(newChild, refChild) method to insert
     // another Chapter element
     objOriginalThird = objXMLDOM.documentElement.childNodes.item(2);
     alert(objOriginalThird.firstChild.nodeValue); // Confirm we have the right Chapter node
  
     var strNewText = "This is the new Chapter 3.";
     var objTextNode = objXMLDOM.createTextNode(strNewText);
     var objToBeInserted = objXMLDOM.createElement("Chapter");
     objToBeInserted.appendChild(objTextNode);
     objXMLDOM.documentElement.insertBefore(objToBeInserted, objOriginalThird);
     alert("A Chapter element has been inserted before the original third Chapter.\n\n" + objXMLDOM.xml); // Display intermediate state of XML
     
     // Remove and replace number attribute on old Chapter 3
     var objNewNumberAttribute = objXMLDOM.createAttribute("number");
     objNewNumberAttribute.nodeValue = 4;
     var mapChapterAttributes = objXMLDOM.documentElement.lastChild.attributes ;
     mapChapterAttributes.removeNamedItem("number");
     mapChapterAttributes.setNamedItem(objNewNumberAttribute) ;
     alert("The old number attribute of the final chapter has been removed and a new number \nattribute with value of 4 replaces it\n\n" + objXMLDOM.xml); // Display intermediate state of the XML
     
     // Add a number attribute to the inserted Chapter 3
     var objAddedNumberAttribute = objXMLDOM.createAttribute("number");
     objAddedNumberAttribute.nodeValue = 3;
     mapChapterAttributes = objXMLDOM.documentElement.childNodes.item(2).attributes;
     mapChapterAttributes.setNamedItem(objAddedNumberAttribute);
     alert("A number attribute has been added (with value of 3) to the inserted Chapter element.\n\n" + objXMLDOM.xml);
     
  
    }
  
    catch (e)
     {
      alert("An exception has occurred.");
     }
   </script>
   </body>
  </html>
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