Question

I was wondering if this was a proper XML syntax, because I need to remove a node in this document using VBscript and I really am not able to do it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<dbm>
  <servers>
    <server name="PCTEST">
      <references>
        <database name="TES1" path="\C$\Build"/>
      </references>
    </server>
  </servers>
</dbm>

Answer 1

Try this:

Set xmldoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
xmldoc.async = false
xmldoc.loadXml _
  "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" & _
  "<dbm>" & _
  "  <servers>" & _
  "    <server name='PCTEST'>" & _
  "      <references>" & _
  "        <database name='TES1' path='\C$\Build'/>" & _
  "      </references>" & _
  "    </server>" & _
  "  </servers>" & _
  "</dbm>"

''// Removing a single node
Set nodeToBeRemoved = xmldoc.selectSingleNode("//database[@name='TES1']")
If Not nodeToBeRemoved Is Nothing Then
   nodeToBeRemoved.parentNode.RemoveChild nodeToBeRemoved
End if

''// Removing multiple nodes
Set nodesToBeRemoved = xmldoc.selectNodes("//database")
For Each nodeToBeRemoved In nodesToBeRemoved
    nodeToBeRemoved.parentNode.RemoveChild nodeToBeRemoved
Next

''// alert xmldoc.xml