Dave, That is valid xml. My problem was that I had an xml file with thousands of values and i didnt see this
<fatherDOB></motherDOB> The tags did not match and that is why the parser was throwing an error. Dan On 8/23/07, Dave Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joe, > Doesn't an xml tag also have to have either a value or an > attribute? > Thus > <contact> > <foo /> > </contact> > Isn't actually valid? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:15 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: xml closing an empty tag > > Hey Dan, > > An XML document needs to have a single root node...this is valid XML: > > <contact> > <address2 /> > <foo1 /> > <foo2 /> > </contact> > > While this is not: > > <address2 /> > <foo1 /> > <foo2 /> > > If that's not the issue, can you reply and post an example invalid file? > > Thanks, > > Joe > > On Aug 23, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Dan Vega wrote: > > > I have an xml file that I am trying to parse and if there is no > > data for an > > element the file has an empty closing tag like so. > > > > > > <address2/> > > <foo1/> > > <foo2/> > > > > When I try to parse the xml file I get the following error. > > An error occured while Parsing an XML document. I thought this > > was valid > > xml? > > > > -- > > Thank You > > Dan Vega > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.danvega.org > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286964 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
