[Tutor] Problems with Minidom XML Parser
Andy Osagie
andy_osagie@hotmail.com
Mon Jun 2 19:17:03 2003
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Hello,=20
I seem to have trouble editing the values of parsed XML documents so =
that I can save them with my new values.
>>> from xml.dom import minidom
>>> doc =3D minidom.parseString("<entry>random stuff</entry>")
>>> doc.childNodes[0].toxml()
u'<entry>random stuff</entry>'
>>> doc.childNodes[0].nodeName
u'entry'
>>> doc.childNodes[0].nodeValue
>>> doc.childNodes[0].nodeName =3D "new"
>>> doc.childNodes[0].nodeValue =3D "test value"
>>> doc.childNodes[0].toxml()
u'<entry>random stuff</entry>'
I can't really figure out the problem. Is there any way to accomplish =
what I've tried above? I'm trying to make a simple XML driven database.
Thanks in advance,
Andy Osagie
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I seem to have trouble editing the =
values of parsed=20
XML documents so that I can save them with my new values.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> from xml.dom import=20
minidom</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> doc =3D=20
minidom.parseString("<entry>random =
stuff</entry>")</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> =
doc.childNodes[0].toxml()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>u'<entry>random=20
stuff</entry>'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>>=20
doc.childNodes[0].nodeName</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>u'entry'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>>=20
doc.childNodes[0].nodeValue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> doc.childNodes[0].nodeName =
=3D=20
"new"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> =
doc.childNodes[0].nodeValue =3D "test=20
value"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>> =
doc.childNodes[0].toxml()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>u'<entry>random=20
stuff</entry>'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I can't really figure out the problem. =
Is there any=20
way to accomplish what I've tried above? I'm trying to make a simple XML =
driven=20
database.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy Osagie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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