Lamens XML Tutorial - Part I

Q1. What does XML stands for?

XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language.

Q2. What is the meaning of MARKUP here?

The following image explains its meaning.

Q3. How the XML code looks like?

<!--xml version="1.0"?--> <emp> <sales> <name>Nora Lamens</name> <age>28</age> </sales> <sales> <name>Peter</name> <age>25</age> </sales> <sales> <name>Charlie</name> <age>36</age> </sales> </emp>

Q4. How the output will be if I open it in Browser?

Q5. This output doesn't make any sense to me?

Yes. Human beings will not DIRECTLY read xml files. We need some other program to use this xml file. For example, here, I have created here a HTML file, which treats this xml file just like a database and displays the records one by one. <pre> <XMP> <xml id="abc" src="test.xml"> </xml> <br> NAME: <span datasrc="#abc" datafld="name"></span> <br> Age: <span datasrc="#abc" datafld="age"></span> <br> <input type="button" value="prev" onclick="prev()"> <input type="button" value="next" onclick="next()"> <script language="JavaScript"> function prev() { if(abc.recordset.AbsolutePosition > 1) abc.recordset.movePrevious(); } function next() { if(abc.recordset.AbsolutePosition < abc.recordset.RecordCount) abc.recordset.moveNext(); } </script> </body> </html> </XMP> </pre> The output of the above HTML will be looking like this.

Q6. Is there any other tutorials on the Internet?

Search for "xml tutorial beginner" in Google.com. I recommand xml from w3schools this tutorial

Q7. Is there any video Tutorial for xml?

This Video tutorial explains the basics of xml.

XSL Stands for?

XSL > eXtensible Stylesheet Language XSLT > XSL Transformations

Is there any good powerpoint available in Internet on XML?

Right click on this link and download this powerpoint and read Using XSLT and XPath

Display all the records in an xml file by looping

code for vijay_page.xml file ------------------------------ <?xml version="1.0"?> <records> <record> <film>Manasellam Mathappu</film> <song>Enakoru Sinehithi Sinehithi</song> <actors>Vijay,Simran</actors> </record> <record> <film>Manasellam Mxxxxxu</film> <song>Enakoru Sinehithi Sinehithi</song> <actors>Vijay,Simran</actors> </record> </records> ------------------------------------ code for vijay_page.htm ------------------------------------ <xml id="vijay_page" src="vijay_page.xml"> </xml> <table id="tbl_vijay_page" datasrc="#vijay_page" border="1"> <tr> <td> Film:<span datafld="film"></span> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

List of important web sites
1.http://www.expertrating.com/courseware/XMLCourse/XML-Write-Xml-Document-3.asp

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