how shall i read xml file from ashx in javascript

Hi guys,

On my aspx page I use google maps. On dragend event I want to load latlng points from my sql database. I am trying to find some code examples but no luck. I will write down what I’ve done so far and please feel free to guide me on any solution you might have, or on any correction on my current code.

I read as much I could at these days and I decided to go on ashx control which wil return an xml file. At my first attempt I will kepp it as simple as I can, to realize how I will go through this.

Code:

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Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Services


Public Class getLocs
    Implements System.Web.IHttpHandler

    Sub ProcessRequest(ByVal context As HttpContext) Implements IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest
        Dim App As New myApp
        context.Response.Clear()
        context.Response.ContentType = "text/xml"
        context.Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
        context.Response.Write(getXml())
        context.Response.End()

    End Sub

    ReadOnly Property IsReusable() As Boolean Implements IHttpHandler.IsReusable
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Function getXml() As System.Xml.XmlDocument
        Dim xmlr As System.Xml.XmlReader = Nothing
        Dim xmlrDoc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
       

        Dim cn As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection()
        cn.ConnectionString = _
        "data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=glxxx;" & _
        "User ID=xxx;Password=xxxx"
        cn.Open()

        Dim cmd As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand()
        cmd.Connection = cn
        cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM leta_loc FOR XML RAW('marker'),ROOT('markers')"

        xmlr = cmd.ExecuteXmlReader()
        xmlr.ReadOuterXml()
        xmlrDoc.Load(xmlr)
        MsgBox(xmlrDoc.OuterXml.ToString)
        Return xmlrDoc
    End Function
End Class

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a) Do I have to return the xmlreader or xmldocument? I want as I described to catch the xml in javascript on the dragend event of google maps.

b) How am I gonna read the result xml in javascript?

Thank you

I'm not to familiar with Google's API but if you are just trying to pass data between events, you can use session variables. When the pages first event fires, do your database stuff to get the xml and add it to a session variable. When the page is redirected, assign a hidden textbox the XML you want to get in javascript. Then, just use the DOM to get the value of the textbox. This would be the easiest way. another way would be to create the javascript in the code behind and register the script (using ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript method) when the page loads.