Question

I’m pretty new to jquery xml parsing and have hit a wall.
I have an XML source data file like this called tracker2.xml (very simple):

<spotter num="17555" report_at="2013-01-29 04:05:17" lat="45.0463562" lng="-93.4922943"></spotter>

I am trying to pull “lat”, “lng”, and “report_at” as variables to use later in the code. I have this so far and to me seems to be the proper code. I added the alert(report_at) to troubleshoot. When run, the alert displays “[object]”.

    $(document).ready(function()
 {
   $.ajax({
     type: "GET",
     url: "tracker2.xml",
     dataType: "xml",
     success: parseXml
   });
 });
function parseXml(xml)
 {
   $(xml).find('spotter').each(function()
   {
     var report_at = $(this).attr('report_at');
     var lats = $(this).attr('lat');
     var lngs = $(this).attr('lng');
   });
}
alert(report_at);

I’m sure i am missing something stupid. Anyone that can help me will be my hero. Thanks!!

Answer 1

function parseXml(xml)
 {
   $(xml).find('spotter').each(function()
   {
     var report_at = $(this).attr('report_at');
     var lats = $(this).attr('lat');
     var lngs = $(this).attr('lng');
alert(report_at);
   });
}

you are alert the report_at variable out of your for loop, try it inside your loop