I read the documentation that is confusing you. Description: Creates an XML document object. Returns: An empty XML document object.
IsStruct will be no because if you use cfdump for the varaible, it returns an XML object and not a struct. The phrase that I see that you are referring to: Usage: An XML document object is represented in ColdFusion as a structure. Well, this statement may just be an incorrect way of stating the data type. The examples that they use is very much Structure related: MyDoc.xmlRoot.XmlAttributes["Version"] = "12b"; This is indeed a structure notation to get the "Version" item from the xmlRoot collection. The XMLAttributes portion of the XML Element is of type struct. XML Children for a given element is stored as an array. Where you test isStruct is really the issue. Teddy On 9/4/06, Teddy Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you using CF to create the XMl Document or are you reading in a XML > document? > > > >>What would be even better is if the agency who > >>created this damned XML schema had created a sql annotated schema which > >>would actually work with SQL Server's XMLBulkLoad. > > Why don't you create one to assist others? > > Teddy > > > On 9/4/06, Ken Ferguson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, I did. I can dump the xml doc object and all. I can get at all the > > > > data by using xmlsearch... But the docs said it is represented as a > > structure, so I thought this would work: > > xmlD = xmlParse(xmldoc); > > writeOutput(isStruct(xmlD)); > > > > Oddly though, this outputs NO. Seems to me that if the XML Document > > Object was actually represented as a structure (as the docs say), then > > that should output YES. I guess it's not that big a deal. It's not too > > difficult to get all the data out of the document. It'd just be nice to > > have a simple XmlToQuery or an XmlToStruct function built in to make > > things even simpler. What would be even better is if the agency who > > created this damned XML schema had created a sql annotated schema which > > would actually work with SQL Server's XMLBulkLoad. Then I wouldn't have > > to fool with this at all and I could just load it all straight into the > > db. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ken Ferguson > > 214.636.6126 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:59 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: XML Document Object is NOT a struct? > > > > You say it is a string? Have you ran it into ColdFusion with ParseXML? > > > > <cfset foo = ParseXML(yourXMLString)> > > > > Then perform the struct calls on foo? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, > > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > > > > the > > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > > note > > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or > > the > > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > > have > > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > > call > > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > > this > > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Talk > > Sent: Mon Sep 04 16:43:52 2006 > > Subject: XML Document Object is NOT a struct? > > > > So, as per the docs for XMLNew, "An XML document object is represented > > in ColdFusion as a structure." This doesn't seem to be true though. I > > have an xml string I've parsed into an XML document object and I can't > > access it with any of the structure functions. I know there are other > > ways to access it and that's what I'm doing, but when I saw that line in > > the docs I got excited and was then disappointed when isStruct and > > structFind. falied to work. Am I insane, or is this just an error in the > > docs? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ken Ferguson > > 214.636.6126 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
