Just out of curiosity, what does the xml node look like? "description" should work in some cases
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hoff Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:23 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Datagrid column's data field - getting value from XMLListCollection Hey Scott, You're going to have to use a lableFunction to display the child node. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "sleblang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am using a datagrid with the dataprovider being an xmlListCollection. > One of the dataGridColumns dataField is using a node text value rather > than an attribute value from the XML. When getting the attribute value I > simply use dataField="@description". However, if 'description' was a > node value rather than an attribute, how would should it be written, as > dataField="description" does not pull the value. > > Thanks in advance. >