display XML element(s) in HTML

[teakupudoru]

hi.i'm really hoping somebody will be able to help me out on this one...my problem is really straightforward and any help from a knowledgable xml/html guru would be greatly apprecited.i would like to display a specific xml element within the body of an html page. i am no expert, but i have looked thru all the tutorails on w3schools and i have managed to create my xml and xsl files using the cd catalogue example: http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_for_each.asp.the above example makes use of an xml database and produces a neat looking (xhtml) page using an xsl stylesheet. i have applied this example to my data and managed to produce my own database which displays thru an xsl stylesheet.however, i wish to display a specific element within an existing html page. specifically, how can i call up an element from the xml database and display it within an html page that already contains numerous lines of code (images, links, text, some flash etc.). obviously, i wish to avoid data isalnds and am unable to do it with xsl. which code should i use and is xsl necessary?thank you very much for your help.

[jesh]

I'm definitely not the XML guru you're looking for, but I ran some tests trying to help out someone else and they seemed to work for me. Check it out at this post:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=9461I hope it helps.

[boen_robot]

This question is answered in the XSLT FAQ. Now that you mentined it, I might make an XML one. Not now though... when I have just a bit more time. Anyway, see question 3.

[teakupudoru]

thanx for your replies! they were both very helpful. i have managed to use boenrobot's suggestion and show an xslt transformation inside the html.@ jesh: however, i think the httprequest method from http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=9461 would be more effective and elegant in my case. unfortunately, i have not managed to apply it successfully, however. i am not quite sure where to place the code:

var xml = xmlhttp.responseXML;var books = xml.getElementsByTagName("book");var div1 = document.getElementById("div1");var div2 = document.getElementById("div2");div1.innerHTML = books[0].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].childNodes[0].data;div2.innerHTML = books[1].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].childNodes[0].data;

if you could possibly post this code here within context of the html file that would be most useful... sorry2b such a noob.

[jesh]

All the code to build an xmlhttp object is in the AJAX tutorial:http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/default.aspIf you feel you need to skip ahead, it's on this page:http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_xmlhttprequest.aspI'd recommend going through the entire tutorial though, it's short enough.

[teakupudoru]

thank you thank you thank you.... i have finally got it all working. HUZZAH!thanks for all you help everybody.