Hey guys..... I've been going over this code for the last few hours & it seems once I get past one problem there is another.... this is frustrating... at the moment I'm getting a javascript error of "not enough arguments"..
Here is the error:
Here is the javascript code:
Code:
function getModels()
{
var xmlHttp
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
{
alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
return;
}
var url="xml.xml";
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
xmlHttp.send(null);
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
poo = xmlHttp.responseXML.documentElement;
alert(poo.getElementsByTagName("book")[0].nodeValue);
return;
var books = xmlHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('book');
for (var i=0;i<books.length;i++)
{
var x = document.createElement('div');
x.className = 'book';
var y = document.createElement('h3');
y.appendChild(document.createTextNode(getNodeValue(books[i],'title')));
x.appendChild(y);
var z = document.createElement('p');
z.className = 'moreInfo';
z.appendChild(document.createTextNode('By ' + getNodeValue(books[i],'author') + ', ' + getNodeValue(books[i],'publisher')));
x.appendChild(z);
var a = document.createElement('img');
a.src = books[i].getElementsByTagName('cover')[0].getAttribute('src');
x.appendChild(a);
var b = document.createElement('p');
b.appendChild(document.createTextNode(getNodeValue(books[i],'blurb')));
x.appendChild(b);
document.getElementById('blah').appendChild(x);
}
}
}
}
function getNodeValue(obj,tag)
{
return obj.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
{
// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch (e)
{
// Internet Explorer
try
{
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e)
{
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
}
return xmlHttp;
}
Here is my XML file..
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<books>
<book>
<title>JavaScript, the Definitive Guide</title>
<publisher>O'Reilly</publisher>
<author>David Flanagan</author>
<cover src="/images/cover_defguide.jpg" />
<blurb>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</blurb>
</book>
<book>
<title>DOM Scripting</title>
<publisher>Friends of Ed</publisher>
<author>Jeremy Keith</author>
<cover src="/images/cover_domscripting.jpg" />
<blurb>Praesent et diam a ligula facilisis venenatis.</blurb>
</book>
<book>
<title>DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design using JavaScript & DOM</title>
<publisher>Sitepoint</publisher>
<author>Stuart Langridge</author>
<cover src="/images/cover_utopia.jpg" />
<blurb>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</blurb>
</book>
</books>
</channel>
</rss>
Thanks!