I love jQuery. It made things so much easier. if you still don’t much know it, you can read about more amazing features on their official jQuery site. Also there is a easy way to parse XML data with jQuery and here it is.
First, Include jQuery
The best way to include jQuery these days is using google Ajax Library
URL for jQuery is here:
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js
Load XML with jQuery
My xml file is test.xml which I got from W3C XML tutorial
$.ajax({ type: "GET",
url: "test.xml",
dataType: "xml",
success: parseXml
});XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <catalog> <cd> <title>Empire Burlesque</title> <artist>Bob Dylan</artist> <country>USA</country> <company>Columbia</company> <price>10.90</price> <year>1985</year> </cd> </catalog>
A Function to Parse XML
function parseXml(xml)
{
//find every Tutorial and print the author
$(xml).find("cd").each(function()
{
$("#tiles").append(": " + $(this).find("title").text() + "<br />");
});
}