Another ASP/XML ?

[Nator]

I was trying to see what happened if an ASP were to write an XML document.

<% @ Language=VBScript%>
<%
str1 = "XML test"
%>

<? xml version="1.0" ?>
<MESSAGE>
<TEST><%=str1%></TEST>
</MESSAGE>

All this does is display XML Test as if it were formatted in HTML. By default, I'm assuming ASP serves up everything as HTML. Is there a way to tell the document to serve up something else? I am being forced to test this on a W98 PWS machine so if it is a MIME type issue, I may be out of luck.

[CiberTHuG]

Oh, you don't want ASP to 'write' the document. It will create it the same way it creates a file with FSO.

http://xml101.com/articles/michael/a...ml/default.asp

Take a look at the ASP in this article. See how he creates the XMLDOM object and creates the keys within it?

ASP will keep the XML doc on the server side. It can do all of this XML shuffling without the client machine seeing it.

[JoshT]

By default, I'm assuming ASP serves up everything as HTML. Is there a way to tell the document to serve up something else?

Yes, the default is HTML. Use Response.ContentType = "text/xml" or whatever to change that. (Make sure you set that before anything is sent to the client or you'll raise an error).

[CiberTHuG]

Wow... cool trick. I'm not sure where I can use that, but I did not know that.