can you check this small xml doc please?

[arkitect101]

Hi.

I couldnt find an xml category on this forum, so i hope I am posting in the right place. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this xml document? It won't work.

<?xml version="1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
<CDs>
<Artist name=“Robbie Williams”>
<Album name=“Intensive Care”>
<Price>16.49</Price>
<ReleaseDate>24/10/05</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
<Artist name=“Eminem”>
<Album name=“Curtain Call”>
<Price>12.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>09/12/05</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
<Album name=“The Eminem Show”>
<Price>9.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>02/07/04</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
<Artist name=“Arctic Monkeys”>
<Album name=“What Ever People Say”>
<Price>9.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>14/02/06</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
</CDs>

Thanks.

[arkitect101]

Ok hopefully the indents will work this time

<?xml version="1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
<CDs>
<Artist name=“Robbie Williams”>
<Album name=“Intensive Care”>
<Price>16.49</Price>
<ReleaseDate>24/10/05</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
<Artist name=“Eminem”>
<Album name=“Curtain Call”>
<Price>12.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>09/12/05</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
<Album name=“The Eminem Show”>
<Price>9.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>02/07/04</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
<Artist name=“Arctic Monkeys”>
<Album name=“What Ever People Say”>
<Price>9.99</Price>
<ReleaseDate>14/02/06</ReleaseDate>
</Album>
</Artist>
</CDs>

[arkitect101]

ok NOW i hope it works with indents

<?xml version="1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
<CDs>
. <Artist name=“Robbie Williams”>
. <Album name=“Intensive Care”>
. <Price>16.49</Price>
. <ReleaseDate>24/10/05</ReleaseDate>
. </Album>
. </Artist>
. <Artist name=“Eminem”>
. <Album name=“Curtain Call”>
. <Price>12.99</Price>
. <ReleaseDate>09/12/05</ReleaseDate>
. </Album>
. <Album name=“The Eminem Show”>
. <Price>9.99</Price>
. <ReleaseDate>02/07/04</ReleaseDate>
. </Album>
. </Artist>
. <Artist name=“Arctic Monkeys”>
. <Album name=“What Ever People Say”>
. <Price>9.99</Price>
. <ReleaseDate>14/02/06</ReleaseDate>
. </Album>
. </Artist>
</CDs>

[arkitect101]

FFS. ok hopefully this works. The dots represent the spaces

.<?xml version="1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>
.<CDs>
.....<Artist name=“Robbie Williams”>
..........<Album name=“Intensive Care”>
...............<Price>16.49</Price>
...............<ReleaseDate>24/10/05</ReleaseDate>
..........</Album>
.....</Artist>
.....<Artist name=“Eminem”>
..........<Album name=“Curtain Call”>
...............<Price>12.99</Price>
...............<ReleaseDate>09/12/05</ReleaseDate>
..........</Album>
..........<Album name=“The Eminem Show”>
...............<Price>9.99</Price>
...............<ReleaseDate>02/07/04</ReleaseDate>
..........</Album>
.....</Artist>
.....<Artist name=“Arctic Monkeys”>
..........<Album name=“What Ever People Say”>
...............<Price>9.99</Price>
...............<ReleaseDate>14/02/06</ReleaseDate>
..........</Album>
.....</Artist>
.</CDs>

[Splashbrooke]

What message do you get? WHat are you trying to do with it?

[Splashbrooke]

also do you have a link to the file?

[boxxertrumps]

Nothing You have Done Changes the Code At All.

Adding The Periods would most likely break it.

You XML isnt well formed if its not displaying.

Descibe your problem.

[arkitect101]

first of all i am trying to learn xml basics. What the xml document does should be straight forward for humans to understand.

It is a listing of music CDs.

An artist has an album
An album has a price and a release date.

I tried to run it in IE but it doesnt work.

[mwinter]

<?xml version="1.0” encoding=“UTF-8” ?>

You are using left and right double-quotation marks (U+201C [“] and U+201D [”]), rather than "straight" quotation marks (U+0034 ["]). By all means use the former as well as left and right single-quotation marks (U+2018 [‘] and U+2019 [’]) in character data, but not in markup.

To maintain formatting, use the &#91;code&#93;...&#91;/code&#93;, &#91;html&#93;...&#91;/html&#93;, or &#91;php&#93;...&#91;/php&#93; vB code delimiters:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CDs>
    <Artist name="Robbie Williams">
        <Album name="Intensive Care">
            <Price>16.49</Price>
            <ReleaseDate>24/10/05</ReleaseDate>
        </Album>
    </Artist>
    <Artist name="Eminem">
        <Album name="Curtain Call">
            <Price>12.99</Price>
            <ReleaseDate>09/12/05</ReleaseDate>
        </Album>
        <Album name="The Eminem Show">
            <Price>9.99</Price>
            <ReleaseDate>02/07/04</ReleaseDate>
        </Album>
    </Artist>
    <Artist name="Arctic Monkeys">
        <Album name="What Ever People Say">
            <Price>9.99</Price>
            <ReleaseDate>14/02/06</ReleaseDate>
        </Album>
    </Artist>
</CDs>

Mike