Comparing XMLs

I have in mind two ways to solve your problem:
- use DOM API to traverse the two parsed trees
- use a really simple XSLT stylesheet (I think that it will have around 30
lines) to do the job: one XML is the input source for the XSLT, the other
one is loaded by document() function - the name is received as a parameter.
"Alex Kennedy" <kenna2@bp.com> wrote:
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>Hi,
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>I'm having a slight problem comparing XML's... I am using MS XML 4 to manipulate
>XML data e.g.
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><CAR colour="red" wheels="4">
> <PASSENGER name="fred" />
> <PASSENGER name="wilma" />
></CAR>
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>If I remove the two PASSENGER elements my resulting XML is:
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><CAR colour="red" wheels="4">
></CAR>
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>Is there anything I do in the MS XML parser to refresh/rebuild the XML so
>that it becomes:
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><CAR colour="red" wheels="4" />
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>The problem is that I compare XML's as strings after the manipulation to
>see if they are the same or not. I don't care what the difference is, I
>just need to know that there is a difference.
>
>Alternatively is there any COM components out there for comparing XML's?
> I've seen something from MS but it requires the .Net framework so I wouldn't
>be allowed to use it anyway.
>
>Thanks
>
>Alex
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