Yes, the function you will need is XMLSearch to return a node array. On 8/8/06, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, xpath? > > > Yes use xpath and turn it into an array and use ArrayLen(). > > > > I am using Amazons AWS and have a quick XML question. > > > > > > One of the returned attributes in the XML is as follows... > > > > > > ItemLookupResponse.Items.Item.Tracks.Disc[1].Track[1].XmlText > > > ItemLookupResponse.Items.Item.Tracks.Disc[1].Track[2].XmlText > > > ItemLookupResponse.Items.Item.Tracks.Disc[2].Track[1].XmlText > > > ItemLookupResponse.Items.Item.Tracks.Disc[2].Track[2].XmlText > > > > > > Is there any way to know how many discs there are so that I > > > can loop > > > over the xml extracting the data. At present I use a > > > couple of nested > > > loops (one for discs and one for tracks) each from 1 to 100 to make > > > sure nothing can be missed and then use cfcatch to ignore the > > > inevetable errors, problem is it is then doing 10,000 itterations. > > > > > > Ideally I want more like... > > > > > > <Cfloop from="1" to="#someFunction()#" index="I"> > > > > > > Where the function returns the number of children of a > > > particular node. > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 07/08/2006 > > > >
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