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# YUI Library Examples: DataTable Control: XML Data Over XHR With POST

# DataTable Control: XML Data Over XHR With POST

This examples makes a POST query to the Yahoo! Local webservice to populate a DataTable.

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## Sample Code for this Example

Data:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <ResultSet xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:yahoo:lcl" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:yahoo:lcl http://api.local.yahoo.com/LocalSearchService/V2/LocalSearchResponse.xsd" totalResultsAvailable="501" totalResultsReturned="10" firstResultPosition="1"> <ResultSetMapUrl>http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband/?q1=Sunnyvale%2C+CA+94089&tt=pizza&tp=1</ResultSetMapUrl> <Result> <Title>Giovannis Pizzeria</Title> <Address>1127 N Lawrence Expy</Address> <City>Sunnyvale</City> <State>CA</State> <Phone>(408) 734-4221</Phone> <Latitude>37.396953</Latitude> <Longitude>-121.995986</Longitude> <Rating> <AverageRating>4</AverageRating> <TotalRatings>51</TotalRatings> <TotalReviews>33</TotalReviews> <LastReviewDate>1191207644</LastReviewDate> </Rating> <Distance>0.62</Distance> <Url>http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=21341983&stx=pizza&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&ed=kYc.Ba160SxZddWADEWWMRsGo0KgZ6X22_QAgTZxq3OdfrVCfCdLU9mvvJeybt8XpDhMC58HjElJAiWi</Url> <ClickUrl>http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=21341983&stx=pizza&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&ed=kYc.Ba160SxZddWADEWWMRsGo0KgZ6X22_QAgTZxq3OdfrVCfCdLU9mvvJeybt8XpDhMC58HjElJAiWi</ClickUrl> <MapUrl>http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?name=Giovannis+Pizzeria&desc=4087344221&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&qty=9&cs=9&ed=kYc.Ba160SxZddWADEWWMRsGo0KgZ6X22_QAgTZxq3OdfrVCfCdLU9mvvJeybt8XpDhMC58HjElJAiWi&gid1=21341983</MapUrl> <BusinessUrl></BusinessUrl> <BusinessClickUrl></BusinessClickUrl> </Result> ... </ResultSet>

CSS:

/* No custom CSS. */

Markup:

<div id="xml"></div>

JavaScript:

YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() { YAHOO.example.XHR_XML = new function() { this.formatUrl = function(elCell, oRecord, oColumn, sData) { elCell.innerHTML = "<a href='" + oRecord.getData("ClickUrl") + "' target='_blank'>" + sData + "</a>"; }; var myColumnDefs = [ {key:"Title", label:"Name", sortable:true, formatter:this.formatUrl}, {key:"Phone"}, {key:"City"}, {key:"AverageRating", label:"Rating",formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatNumber, sortable:true} ]; this.myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource("assets/php/ylocal_proxy.php?"); this.myDataSource.connMethodPost = true; this.myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_XML; this.myDataSource.responseSchema = { resultNode: "Result", fields: ["Title","Phone","City",{key:"AverageRating",parser:"number"},"ClickUrl"] }; this.myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("xml", myColumnDefs, this.myDataSource, {initialRequest:"query=pizza&zip=94089&results=10"}); }; });

## Configuration for This Example

You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers. Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured.

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### DataTable Control Examples:

### More DataTable Control Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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