worked for me using this:
debugModel.employees.node.(@display == "Employee First Name")
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Derrick Anderson <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> can someone please explain why this does not return an XMLList?
>
> public var debugModel:XML = <mergefields display="Merge Fields">
> <employees display="Employees">
> <node display="Employee First Name"
> data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> <node display="Employee Last Name"
> data="Employee_234234-234234-234234-234234" />
> .....
>
>
> var fieldNode:XMLList = debugModel.employees.node.(attribute("display") ==
> "Employee First Name");
>
> but this does...
>
> public var thePeople:XML = <people>
> <person name="Mims Wright" suffix="III">
> <age>27</age>
> <aka>Mims H Wright</aka>
> <aka>Teh AWesoeomes!</aka>
> <bio></bio>
> </person>
> .....
>
> var fieldNode:XMLList = thePeople.person.(attribute("suffix") == "III");
>
> i've tried a million different variations and i cannot get it to work with
> my XML- what am i doing wrong here?
>
> thanks,
> d.
>
>
