IE7 displays a blank page...

thomasdrago · January 23rd, 2008, 04:22 PM

How can I display XML document directly or indirectly embedded in the HTML pages?
I am attaching the code that I used (from "Beginning XML Databases" by Gavin Powell). The IE7 displays a blank page...
Thanks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body color="red">
   <xml id="xmlParts">
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <parts>
            <part>
             <partnumber>X1234-125</partnumber>
             <description>Brake hose</description>
             <price> $22.45</price>
            </part>
            <part>
             <partnumber>Y00023-12A</partnumber>
             <description>Transmission</description>
             <price>$8000.00</price>
            </part>
         </parts>
    </xml>
</body>
</html>

bonekrusher · January 23rd, 2008, 10:01 PM

Hi,

The HTML page works in IE7 however your html doesnt have any instructions to display anything but the title.

You have an XML data island, which is data, not presentation.
See here:

http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/14109

Good luck