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tmp.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<data>
<line>
<col1>1</col1>
<col2>Item 1</col2>
</line>
<line>
<col1>2</col1>
<col2>Item 2</col2>
</line>
</data>
tmp.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!--
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tmp.css" />
-->
<style type="text/css">
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Get() {
var o=document.getElementById("data").rows(0).cells(1);
o=o.getElementsByTagName('span')[0];
alert(o.innerHTML);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload='Get()'>
<xml id='test' src='tmp.xml'></xml>
<table id='data' DataSrc='#test' border='1'>
<tr>
<td>
<span DataFld='col1'></span>
</td>
<td>
<span DataFld='col2'></span>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>