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Trying to extract and display data from an xml news feed.Getting “object expected” error on line 88.
Code:
[CODE]
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd”>
<html>
<head>
<script src=”prototype.js” type=”text/javascript”>
<script src=”scriptaculous.js” type=”text/javascript”>
<title>News Feeds</title>
<style type=”text/css”>
.showIt {
font-size: 14pt;
color: green;
font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
border: thick solid;
padding: 10px;
}
b { font-size: 16pt;
color:#000000;
}
</style>
<script type=”text/javascript” language=”javascript”>
<!–The object detection code –>
var req = false;
// Is there support for native XHR object?: IE7+, Firefox, Safari, Opera
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
//create an XMLHttpRequest object
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
//check for Version 6
{
req = new ActiveXObject(‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0’);
//create an ActiveX XMLHTTP component
}
if (!req)
{
req = new ActiveXObject(‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP’);
//fallback to version 3
}
function getFeed()
{
if (req)
{
//Request feed data to be retrieved from the server
req.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if (req.readyState == 4 && req.status == 200)
{
var response = req.responseXML;
readXML(response);
}
}
req.open(“GET”, “SportsNewsFeed.xml”, true);
req.send(null);
}
}
function readXML(response)
{
var myResponse = response.documentElement;
var myFeed = myResponse.getElementsByTagName(“channel”);
var place = document.getElementById(“showIt”);
for (var i=0; i < myFeed.length; i++)
{
place.innerHTML += myFeed[i].getElementsByTagName(“title”)[0].firstChild.nodeValue + “:” ;
place.innerHTML += myFeed[i].getElementsByTagName(“link”)[0].firstChild.nodeValue + ‘onmouseover=”Effect.Puff”‘ + “<br><br>”;
}
}
//–>
</script>
</head>
<body onload=”getFeed()”>
<p id=”showIt” class=”showIt”></p>
</body>
</html>
XML file:
[CODE]
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″ ?>
<rss version=”2.0″>
<channel>
<title>Sports News Feed Index</title>
<link>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/index</link>
<description>Keep up to date on the latest sports news</description>
<language>en</language>
<item>
<title>NFL Headlines</title>
<link>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/nfl/news</link>
<description>The latest pro football news</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>NBA Headlines</title>
<link>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/nba/news</link>
<description>The latest pro basketball news</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>MLB Headlines</title>
<link>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/mlb/news</link>
<description>The latest Major League Baseball news</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>NHL Headlines</title>
<link>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/rss/nhl/news</link>
<description>The latest pro hockey news</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>