Read XML using xpath

Rags

Hi All,

Am trying to read XML data. I want to read a xml file thorugh BIRT mapping something like shown below:

<parent>
<name>1952 SOMETHINGROYAL </name>
<child><name>1970 SECRETARIAT</name></child>
<child><name>1962 FIRST FAMILY </name></child>
</parent>

I tried using //name it gives me only the first name i.e. "1952 SOMETHINGROYAL ". Is it possible to read same tags data sequentially like shown above?. Plz help.

Regards,
Rags

bhanley

The XML data source flattens the underlying XML so it can be stored in a standard Data Set. The Data Set is table-driven and as such it cannot understand/render any sort of hierarchy. It will endeavor to turn each node found via your XPath statement into a row in the data set. As such, you are only going to get one instance of name per node.