<html>
<body>
<script>
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","/demo/xml/books.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
for(i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
x[i].setAttribute("edition","first");
}
//Output all attribute values
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
document.write("Category: " + x[i].getAttribute('category') + "<br>");
document.write("Edition: " + x[i].getAttribute('edition') + "<br>");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>