Question

Im a total noob to html, css, javascript, and programming altogether. Please bear with me.

Im trying to populate my table using jquery. The data will be coming from an xml file.

football_player.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<football_player>
  <name>Cristiano Ronaldo</name>
  <club>Real Madrid</club>
  <number>7</number>
  <country>Portugal </country>

  <name>Fernando Torres </name>
  <club>Chelsea </club>
  <number>9</number>
  <country>Spain</country>

  <name>Iker Casillas</name>
  <club>Real Madrid </club>
  <number>1</number>
  <country>Spain</country>

  <name>David Beckham</name>
  <club>Los Angeles Galaxy</club>
  <number>23</number>
  <country>England</country>
</football_player>

My html table:

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Club</th>
      <th>Number</th>
      <th>Country</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  </tbody>
  </tfoot>
  </tfoot>
</table>

My javascript/jquery script:

$(document).ready(function () {
  $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: "football_player.xml",
    dataType: "xml",
    success: function(xml) {
      $(xml).find("football_player").each(function () {
        $("table tbody").append("<tr>");
        $("table tbody").append("<td>" + $(this).find("name").text() + "</td>");
        $("table tbody").append("<td>" + $(this).find("club").text() + "</td>");
        $("table tbody").append("<td>" + $(this).find("number").text() + "</td>");
        $("table tbody").append("<td>" + $(this).find("country").text() + "</td>");
        $("table tbody").append("</tr>");           
      });
    }
  });
});

I swear Im really a noob. I don’t have any idea of what Im doing. Please help. I really want to learn. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The sample XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  <RecentBooks>
     <Book>
      <Title>My Cool Book Title</Title>
    <Description>The my cool book is possibly the best cool book in that any developer could use to     be a great web designer.</Description>
    <Date>12/1/2010</Date>
    </Book>
    <Book>
     <Title>Another PHP book</Title>
    <Description>Learn everything about PHP with 'Another PHP book,' your ultimate guide to the ins and outs of PHP.</Description>
    <Date>4/1/2010</Date>
    </Book>
    <Book>
    <Title>jQuery Techniques</Title>
    <Description>jQuery techniques runs you through real life examples of jQuery from beginner to expert</Description>
     <Date>6/2/2010</Date>
     </Book>
     <Book>
    <Title>MySQL Database Book</Title>
    <Description>Brush up your knowledge with the best MySQL database book on the market.          </Description>
    <Date>14/2/2010</Date>
    </Book>
  </RecentBooks>

And the HTML & jquery.

$(document).ready(function () {
  $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: "books.xml",
    dataType: "xml",
    success: xmlParser
  });
});
 
function xmlParser(xml) {
  $('#load').fadeOut();
 
  $(xml).find("Book").each(function () {
    $(".main").append('<div class="book"><div class="title">' + $(this).find("Title").text() + '</div><div class="description">' + $(this).find("Description").text() + '</div><div class="date">Published ' + $(this).find("Date").text() + '</div></div>');
    $(".book").fadeIn(1000);
  });
}

<div class="main">
  <div align="center" class="loader"><img src="loader.gif" id="load" width="16" height="11"   align="absmiddle"/></div>
</div>
 
<div class="clear"></div>

you can go through the example and you will get idea about the same