Pretty sure it's because isXMLelem() refers to direct child tags nested below the spot you're pointed at. (Just like XMLattributes points to the array of attributes).
Try pointing it at <string> and see what happens! That tag *does* have at least one elements so you should get a TRUE Another way to test it, is to do some Xpath on it: <cfset myXMLnode = XMLsearch(myXMLdoc, "//string")> You should be able to cfdump myXMLnode and see all the attributes and children of the <string> element (plus a lot more you don't care to see) Hope that helps, John Quarto-vonTivadar Techspedition, Inc. www.techspedition.com "Master CFCs with our newest book, 'Discovering CFCs', available now" -----Original Message----- From: Jay jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Need help with isXMLElem() function Given this XML in a file... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <string> <deliveryMethod type="fax" /> </string> And this CF code in a cfm file... <cffile action="READ" file=#ExpandPath("./test.xml")# variable="rawXML"> <cfscript> myXMLDoc = XMLParse(rawXML); if (isXMLElem("myXMLDoc.string.deliveryMethod")) WriteOutput("element found"); else WriteOutput("element was not found"); </cfscript> Why does isXMLElem() never come back as true? I've tried every permutation that I can think of as the parameter for that function -- with slashes instead of periods, with and without quote marks, etc. Could someone please tell me how this function is supposed to work? Thanks! jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
