Read a XML File from WEbserver using Ajax

[Ramesh Shanmugam]

Hi,

I am new to AJAX.
I have a XML file residing in the webserver, say ranch.xml.
I would like to read the valus of the ranch.XML and have to update my DOM in the HTML page??
Is there a way to do like this??? is so can u pls tell me how to do that.

Thanks in advance,
Ramesh

[Krishna Srinivasan]

This links will help:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ajax1/?ca=dgr-lnxw01Ajax
https://bpcatalog.dev.java.net/nonav/solutions.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/AJAX/

[Barend Garvelink]

Originally posted by Ramesh Shanmugam:
Hi,

I am new to AJAX.
I have a XML file residing in the webserver, say ranch.xml.
I would like to read the valus of the ranch.XML and have to update my DOM in the HTML page??
Is there a way to do like this??? is so can u pls tell me how to do that.

Thanks in advance,
Ramesh

That's precisely what Ajax is designed to do. I found the article on developer.apple.com to be a nice, concise intro to the API. Check it out:

http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html

Note that you do have to understand a bit of W3C DOM to make the most of it.

[Ramesh Shanmugam]

Hi Krishna Srinivasan & Barend Garvelink

Thanks for your reply..
i will go thru the Links which you gave and if i have any doubt i will post queries again.

Regards,
Ramesh