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I've tried using JScript and VBScript but I cant get it to work, I'm not
realy bothered what technology I use just as long as it works.

Heres how the XML looks

<data>
<record>
<email></email>
<feedback>some feedback</feedback>
</record>
</data>

"Jim" <> wrote in message
news:juT3g.1640$...
> Could anyone please point me towards some code that allows me to add to an
> existing XML file using the output of an HTML form.
>
> I want to add a form on my website so users can input their email address
> in a text field and feedback in a text area and then submit it. I can
> output the data no probs but appending it first to the XML file is proving
> tricky.
>
> Any ideas?
>

> "Jim" <> wrote in message
> news:juT3g.1640$...
>
>>Could anyone please point me towards some code that allows me to add to an
>>existing XML file using the output of an HTML form.
>>
>>I want to add a form on my website so users can input their email address
>>in a text field and feedback in a text area and then submit it. I can
>>output the data no probs but appending it first to the XML file is proving
>>tricky.

Jim wrote:
> I've tried using JScript and VBScript but I cant get it to work, I'm
> not realy bothered what technology I use just as long as it works.
>
> Heres how the XML looks
>
> <data>
> <record>
> <email></email>
> <feedback>some feedback</feedback>
> </record>
> </data>

1. DOM-parse your XML file, add a new record element, serialize the DOM
document.
or
2. Read your original XML file into a string, remove last line, add
string for the record element, add last line, save to file.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

Jim wrote:
> I've tried using JScript and VBScript but I cant get it to work, I'm not
> realy bothered what technology I use just as long as it works.
>
> Heres how the XML looks
>
> <data>
> <record>
> <email></email>
> <feedback>some feedback</feedback>
> </record>
> </data>

The following script does the job (copies all except the last
line of the file to a temporary file, appends the new elements,
adds back the data end-tag, and copies it all back to the
original file). If you want it to run as CGI, you'll need to
add the Content-Type and response HTML in the usual way and
address it as http://your.server.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/whatever
(assuming you've installed uncgi and your form has fields
called email and feedback).

It ain't pretty, but if you don't need a fully-parsed XML
solution, it'll work. If you're stuck with Windows, though,
you have my deepest sympathies. Maybe use Cygwin?

--------------------------<snip>------------------------------
#! /bin/sh

# Bourne shell script to add email address and comment
# to an XML file guestbook

# Dependencies: uncgi
# (http://www.midwinter.com/~koreth/uncgi.html)
# The guestbook directory and file index.xml must be
# owned by the web server process (eg apache)

DIR=/var/www/html/guestbook
FILE=index.xml
TEMP=/tmp/index.xml

################################################## ####

cd $DIR

LINES=`cat $FILE | wc -l`
LINES=$[LINES-1]

head -$LINES $FILE >$TEMP

echo \<record\> >>$TEMP
echo \<email\>$WWW_email\</email\> >>$TEMP
echo \<feedback\>$WWW_feedback\</feedback\> >>$TEMP
echo \</record\> >>$TEMP
echo \</data\> >>$TEMP

cp $TEMP $FILE

exit 0
------------------------<snip>-------------------------

///Peter
--
XML FAQ: http://xml.silmaril.ie/