Hi !

I have this xml-file

20100525

DJ2

inv_nr

20100525

trn_date

{27-05-2010}

sub_nr

242868

So... How do I get the of 242868 from the the tag when the 'sister'-tag when the value is 'sub_nr' ?

I can kind of do a brute force /AVXML/EBUSMSGSRQ/EBUSTRNRQ/ROWADDRQ/FIELD/NAME to get to that level , but how do I go to the sister from here ?

Maybe this is the wrong approach...

Any ideas ?

It would be helpful to know the context: what is a record, and what other data needs to be imported.

ah.... right...

a record is enclosed by the tag

a record has one or more and those have multiple fields a field has a and a , but you could read that yourself I guess.

So what I am trying to do is select the tag where say the value is 'sub_nr' and then get the value of the tag of it's sibbling.

So I have allready refined my brute force attack in doing something like this :

first :

then the bit.

then :

then : for instance to get to the invoice-number (inv_nr)

this seams to work, but there should be a cleaner way. By matching the value of NAME to 'inv_nr' or something.

Anyway, any help is greatly appreaciated.

If you are in the context of:

then:

should fetch the desired value.

However, that would make each ROWADDRQ a record, I think.

You are right that would make a record.

but thnx :

works, but could you explain why ?

I am not quite getting the '"FIELD[NAME='sub_nr']' part. This is a way to get to a child without actually going to the child node ?

"FIELD[NAME='sub_nr']" selects the first FIELD that has a child NAME whose value is 'sub_nr'.

You could also do:

but I think it's less elegant.