[Zope-dev] XMLDocument - Importing XML and assigning IDs to r esulting nodes

[Amos Latteier]

> How do I import an XML document such that the IDs of the 
> resulting nodes is
> derived from an attribute associated with the source XML tags.
> 
> Ive tried using <tag id="foo"> but I get the following error:
> 
> Error Type: Bad Request
> Error Value: Invalid or duplicate property id
> 
> Is there a way to do this, or are the nodes of an imported 
> XML file destined
> to be given cryptic, numbered IDs?

Unfortunately right now you cannot control the IDs of the nodes. This is
a big problem with the current implementation. We definitely plan to fix
this in later implementations. This problem along with a number of
others are why XML Document is currently considered 'alpha' quality.

-Amos

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