On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 23:24 -0800, TerryA wrote:

> Hi Carlos
> 
> I looked at the documentation for hours but don't see any solution. I'm
> uploading a sample file here. The full file contains around 100 properties
> but the uploaded file has just one. I need to extract data from this file to
> write to a MySQL database. I have no problem in doing this until it comes to
> the <elements>-><element> tags. I only need 3 of these elements. I can
> extract the data by iteration but that does not help me to get the three
> specific <element> tags that I need because there are some tags that appear
> for some properties and not for others so the order is different. Here is
> the file:
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27496211/annnonces.xml annnonces.xml 
> Thanks
> Terry
> 
> 
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As you iterate the <elements> tags, check their attributes with
getAttribute().

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk