Questions tagged [xmltask]
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Ant XMLTASK insert a node if it doesn't exist already
I have a task to insert an XML node into an existing XML file, only if the node doesn't exist already. I manage the insert just fine, however I can't find that missing if-not functionality

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xmltasks not working
I have the following task and for some reason is not matching my file:

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Ant xmltask creates an empty "xmlns" attribute value
I have an XML file as follows:
I apply the XMLTask attr in the following way:
I expect the XML file to…

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Ant xmltask adding a blank xmlns=""
Below is the complete ant target which I am running to insert the driver to my wildfly standalone.xml:

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XMLPath from ant using XMLTasks can't match if XML file has elements in different name spaces
I'm trying to get some matching using XMLTasks to replace some values in a xml file but it keeps failing due to no match. Using other tools it says that my xpath is correct but I can't figure out what's wrong.
Here the file I'm searching:

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How to export from SQL Server to XML
What is the easiest way to export to XML from SQL Server [Table or view] to XML?
This is what I have done till now
Execute Sql Task
SELECT * FROM Production.Product
FOR XML AUTO, TYPE, ROOT('Data')
ResultSet XML
in left result set section I have…

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How do I manage line-endings when reading XML file in SSIS 2005
I have a simple xml file. It defined an element in that file as...
I…

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xmltask (ANT) :: replace withtext not working for null value of xml element
I am trying to replace xml field value using xmltask ( ANT script ) . But it is not replacing the value if the xml element is empty.
for example :
abc.txt
xyz
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Using Ant xmltask to add a Datasource to the standalone.xml of wildfly 8
I am exploring the ways automate the installation process of a software
using Ant Tool.
Most of which I have been able to accomplish except for one that is
editing the wildfly standalone.xml file to add a datasource to it.
I feel the issue here is…

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How to replace value of an XML field using Ant?
In an Ant script, I need to replace the value of javax.persistence.jdbc.url property in the following persistence.xml file.

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ANT: split string into multiple parameters
I have just finished an ANT script (does the job perfectly).
But there is a new requirement and script has to change.
The goal is to have ANT deployment file called deploy-all.txt. The file will look…

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Replacement for xmltask in Gradle
I am trying to migrate my projects from Eclipse + Ant to Android Studio + Gradle. All of them have special builds for different app stores with different tracking ids, ad ids and so on. On Eclipse I had a ant xmltask that set the values of this ids…

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xmltask remove doesn't work
I have this application.xml

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Find out wheter node exists in xml-document
I've got a XML-document with this content:
How can I find out using ANT's whether the node already…

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How do I escape '&' in a property for use with xmltask?
I've got a property string (loaded from a file) containing the ampersand character in my ANT build-script.
How can I escape that string so I can write it to a xml-file using xmltask?
EDIT: The following code works but I can't replace & with &…

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