Dear all,

I am trying to get the root node name of an XML file using the 'read node' task. In the example below, I want to get Order

<Order>
<Detail>
<OrderNumber>1</OrderNumber>
</Detail>
</Order>


I believe this is accomplished using function "name(/*)" however this gives a hard error when running the task.

1) Is this the correct method?
2) What version of Xpath is supported? Are functions supported?



Thank you


Graham

Not sure about xpath version but I am sure it supports latest.

Actually, if you already have xml like this it is very easy to pick up the value with the Xpath browser in VisualCron.

Just create a variable where you paste this value in. Use the Variable in the Task and click on the browse button. Click down to the OrderNumber node. Now you get the correct xpath query which you can use.

This is the one I found:

/Order[1]/Detail[1]/OrderNumber[1]

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Hi Henrik,

THanks for the response, but that doesnt give me what I wanted.

I need to be able to retrive the root node name, in the exmaple this would be "Order".

The method of doing this is with the function "name(/*)" according to Google.

Thank you


Graham

We investigated this and currently we are using the xml navigator for finding nodes. However, for you we did an "Evaluate" alternative that lets you return the result of a specific function. It will probably be included in 7.0.8.

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7.0.8 have now been published online for download.

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