XML element's may have any number of attributes, such as the id attribute in the contact element shown below:

  <contact id="1">

The DOM (Document Object Model) section of the 4th Dimension language contains three commands for counting and reading XML attributes, listed below:

  DOM Count XML attributes
  DOM GET XML ATTRIBUTE BY INDEX
  DOM GET XML ATTRIBUTE BY NAME

This technical note and the accompanying sample database add a number of enhancements and refinements to these basic commands.

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