The <LastPublishedId> Element

Description

The information concerning your current request. Specifically, the <LastPublishedId> elements locate the latest nodes from the XML Request data structure. The path returned will always be a valid XPath expression, you can use for your request message to locate and update the requesting nodes.

<LastPublishedId
    path = xpath expression
    value = string />

Attributes

Attribute nameData typeDescription
pathxpath expression The XPath expression identifying the request node or attribute that has to be updated. Does not include the root node <TBMDataRequest>.
valuestring The new value. Last id's are usually integers.

Number of occurences

Unlimited

Occurs within

<MetaData>

Can contain

None (element is closed).

Example

The XPath/value pair
<LastPublishedId path="News/Agency[@id='Betten']/@last-article-id" value="7631"/>
Can be used in a script using the XML DOM as
XPath = LastIdNode.getAttribute("path")
value = LastIdNode.getAttribute("value")
RequestDOM.selectSingleNode("/TBMDataRequest/" & XPath).text = value

See also

<Article> | <Agency> (request) | <Quote> | Last Published Ids