in reply to Re^2: Problems getting info from .xml to display with HTML::Template
in thread Problems getting info from .xml to display with HTML::Template

my @department ..

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$template->param(DEPT => \@deptartment);

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With strict on I get error: Global symbol "@department" requires explicit package name.

Do you notice anything? removing strict only hides the error.

And I think you'll be more successful if you structure your XML to contain the data in the tags: 

<document>
<position>
<departments>
<department>Nothing Selected</department>
<department>Pricing and Shopping Systems</department>
...
</departments>
</position>
</document>

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But then again I didn't test it.

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Re^4: Problems getting info from .xml to display with HTML::Template
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 16, 2008 at 15:40 UTC
    Jeez, can't believe I missed that one! Spelling mistake fixed and tags updated, but now... more problems!

    I'm getting this error: 

    HTML::Template->output() : fatal error in loop output : HTML::Template
+::param()
: attempt to set parameter 'department' with an array ref - parameter 
+is not a T
MPL_LOOP! at C:/xampp/perl/site/lib/HTML/Template.pm line 3068
 at file.pl line 18

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    My .tmpl contains: 
    <font size="4">Department: </font>
    <ul><li><select name="dept">
    <TMPL_LOOP DEPT>
    <option value="<TMPL_VAR DEPARTMENT>"><TMPL_VAR DEPARTMENT></optio
+n>
    </TMPL_LOOP>
    </select></li>
    </ul>

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    and again my perl is: 
    my @department = @{ $xml->{position}->{departments} };

$template->param(DEPT => \@department);
print $template->output();

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    Aren't you supposed to set the name of <TMPL_LOOP> to an array?
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      I don't know what your data structure now looks like, but this is how it should be for your template: 
      my $department = [
    { DEPARTMENT => 'Value1' },
    { DEPARTMENT => 'Value2' },
    { DEPARTMENT => 'Value3' },
];

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      If you don't get it from XML::Simple in that format, you have to loop over the array items to construct the hash references.

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[d/l]
        Perfect, Thank you!!
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