Question

my xml:

<stuffs>
<unit id="code">10</unit>
</stuffs>

my jquery ajax:

 $.ajax({
             type: "POST",
             url: "xml/test.xml",
             dataType: "xml",
             success: function(xml) {
                   $(xml).find('stuffs').each(function(){

                        ... the code are here ...

                });
             }

i’m trying to get the values from <unit> using the ID:

var unit = $(this).find('unit').attr('id');
var unitIdVal = $("#"+unit).text();
alert(unitIdVal);

but, nothing he found.

i dont know if is the same method of a comun jquery stuff’s
because i try to get the value direct using

var unitIdVal = $("#code").text();

but, nothing again.

ty

Answer 1

Your selector stuff above is wonky to say the least. You’re getting the ID off of an element and then getting that element once again by ID, all within a loop that does nothing for you…

Here’s what it needs to be:

var unit = $(this).find('unit').attr('id');
var unitIdVal = $("#"+unit, xml).text(); //provide context to your selector

I feel dirty even writing this though, and I hope that it’ll be used in a different context and this is merely illustrative.

Here’s what it should be. Note the lack of selecting the very same element that you got the ID off of:

//....
success: function(xml) {
    var unitIdVal = $(xml).find('unit').text();
}
//....

Please read some helpful tutorials on XML parsing thoroughly.