<html>
<head>
<script src="/demo/loadxmldoc.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
document.write("Child nodes: ");
document.write(x.childNodes.length);
document.write("<br>");
y=x.childNodes[0];
x.removeChild(y);
document.write("Child nodes: ");
document.write(x.childNodes.length);
</script>
</body>
</html>