XML-Dev: Getting the value of the xmlns attribute

[Neil Evans-Mudie]

Greetings Mark & all u other VBXML'ers,

PERSONAL INTRODUCTION - BIN IF NOT INTERESTED

boy i'm glad to have this mailing list  - i'm real excited that a specific 
list has been set up for VB & XML. Anyway i'll just introduce myself, then 
i'll go straight to the website 'projects area' and then contribute as much 
as i can to the mailing list.

Hi, i'm Neil Evans-Mudie originally from the Isle Of Man now a resident of 
Sheffield, England (as in Steel and cutlery!!). I work for a software house 
called Fretwel-Downing Data Systems (http://www.fdgroup.co.uk). I'm 
interested in using XML within, what we call, the Further Education market 
To enable data exchange between our back office systems. I'm trying to do 
this with VB, MSXML.DLL, MTS, MSMQ and SQL-Server using shape extensions to 
ADO/SQL.

I come from a Geographical Info. Systems and VB background (I used to teach 
GIS at Uni.). Anyway i'm pretty sporty and a generally jovial character (I 
think).

So there u go - looking forward to participating in the VBXML community.

Neil.

> Hi James.
>
> Thanks for the promo... its all true!!  Except that I am not a kiwi, I am 
from South Africa
> and my wife and I are work-travelling around the place.  This weekend we 
move to Australia.
>
> Hi Neil
>
> Go to our wbsite at http://www.vbxml.com and sign up for the email 
discussion lists.  Read
> the FAQ and so on.  It's definitely where you need to be.
>
> But more importantly, check out our projects area - the XSL Tester one is 
excellent for you I
> think.  The code snippets in the Demo XML code area  - the XML engine for 
call centers has
> MASSIVE amounts of DOM code.
>
> Good luck!
> Mark.
>
>
> > Neil
> >
> > > firstly let me apologise for intruding on your time but i wondered if 
u may
> > No problem!
> >
> > > can't work out how to populate the DOM tree from a dao or ado 
recordset -
> > > could u suggest a way.
> > No - I have never used ado etc. - I only use Allaire's Cold Fusion.  I 
can recommend 2
> > resources - the book "XML-IE5" from Wrox (?27, ISBN 1-861001-57-6), and 
the (very active)
> > user group VBXML at vbxml.com (run by a really keen and helpful NZer 
called Mark Wilson
> > who is writing a book on VB and XML).  They have quite a lot of sample 
code and are very
> > keen to help active members.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > James Carlyle
> >
> > > James,
> > >
> > > firstly let me apologise for intruding on your time but i wondered if 
u may
> > > be able to help me. I noticed that this message invloved MS's DOM
> > > (presumably MSXML.dll) - i've been trying to use the dll with little
> > > success from vb (i'm a fairly novice vb'er and completely new to 
XML). i
> > > can't work out how to populate the DOM tree from a dao or ado 
recordset -
> > > could u suggest a way.
> > >
> > > Also once populated, how can i then add additional nodes and validate 
the
> > > 'completed' tree against a DTD?
> > >
> > > Finally i'm going to export the xml as string to another application, 
which
> > > i know i can create the xml string form the method DOMDocument.XML. 
I'll
> > > pass this to message queue or other COM object, which the target can 
then
> > > process in a predefined manner.
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate any pointers both general & specific which u could 
give me -
> > > i've been on & off struggling with this for about 4 weeks and 
unfortunately
> > > haven't receieved any guidance from general postings to any of the 
xml or
> > > vb lists, or xml web sites i've found.
> > >
> > > Once again sorry to intrude on your private mailbox but, well, er, 
um, if
> > > i've offended u please just bin the message!!
> > >
> > > TIA, best wishes,
> > >
> > > Neil.
> > >
> > > PS. it nice to see somebody else out there using MSXML.dll - that it 
in
> > > itself gives me some belief.
> > >
> > > Neil Evans-Mudie
> > > Developer, fretwell-downing group Ltd.
> > > (nevansmu at fdgroup.co.uk; http://www.fdgroup.co.uk/)
> > > [Snail-Mail:
> > > fretwell-downing group Ltd,
> > > Brincliffe House, 861 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, S11 7AE, England.
> > > Tel:   +44 (0)114 281 6000; Fax:   +44 (0)114 281 6001]
> > >
> > >


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