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What is the easiest way to get the value of a DOM element?

April 26, 2017DOM easiest element value

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What is the easiest way to get the value of a DOM element?

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Question: I have problems when I get a value from XML. I work with XMLDOM and PLSQL (ORACLE 8i). This is my code (it works ok): begin x_parser := xmlparser(x_parser,v_xml); xmlparser.parserbuffer(x_parser,v_xml); x_doc := xmlparser.getdocument(x_parser); x_node_list := xmldom.getElementsbytagname(x_doc,’*’); x_node := xmldom.item(x_node_list,2); — look this x_node := xmldom.getfirstchild(x_node); v_value := xmldom.getNodeValue(x_node); end I don’t want to use index to get a value I must use node’s name. In my code I use index 2 but I want to use a tag ‘NAME’ (node’s name). and my xml is TONY M 01/12/2001 Answer: You can use xpath to get the value of your element. Here is the example. The try.xml just be your input XML file: PL/SQL: declare parser xmlparser.parser; doc xmldom.DOMDocument; node xmldom.DOMNode; elem xmldom.DOMElement; value varchar2(50); begin parser := xmlparser.newparser; xmlparser.parse