Hello there, recently i got asked to branch into XML and all the assorted joys that go along with it (xslt, xpath, etc)

Anyway, I have a parser running and my XML, and i am trying to put options into a select box, using values that I have in a database. I can get the data out and finding the correct select to 'replace' or update with the options.

I have managed to get some code that looks roughly as follows: 

my @list = $tree->findnodes('//select[@id="categoryID"]') || warn "cou
+ldnt find any nodes for select & name of categoryID";

while (my $row=$cat_sth->fetchrow_hashref ) {
my $node = XML::LibXML::Element->new('option');
$node->setAttribute('value',$row->{id});
if ($row->{id} == $params->{categoryID}) {
            $node->setAttribute('selected','selected');
        }
my $text = XML::LibXML::Text->new($row->{description});
$node->appendChild($text);

$list[0]->push($node);

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Now, the obvious question is, what am i doing wrong ? When the page is printed out, none of the other values that i put in present. (Yes, i have also made sure that the values are retrieved from the database, i think this is more a 'misunderstanding' of NodeLists, XML::LibXML and how to add new nodes into it)

thanks

In reply to LibXML 'Fun' by stefzody

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