Help! I think i've found a very obvious bug?

[rumpleminze]

Hi all,

I've done a:

XmlParse(myitem)

I can't access any node using the following notation. The problem
seems to be the "-" in the node name. The error says it can't find todo, not todo-list.

#myxmldoc.todo-list.complete.XmlText#

If i try it with it written as todolist, it works. So I think the bug is you can't access xml notes with a "-" in the name??

Problem is I can't change the xml source. Any Ideas?

Many thanks,

Brett

[Newsgroup_User · Accepted solution]

It's not a bug: it's bad syntax on your part.

There are explicitly stated rules about variable-naming in CF when using
dot notation. One gets around this by using array notation.

<cfxml variable="myxmldoc">
<todo-list>
<complete>foo</complete>
</todo-list>
</cfxml>

<cfoutput>
#myxmldoc["todo-list"].complete.xmlText#
</cfoutput>

--
Adam

[rumpleminze]

Thank you.

So if I wanted to access a level deeper with that form of notation, do I do it like this?

#myXMLDocument["todo-lists"].["todo-item"].["my-var"].xmlText#

[rumpleminze]

worked it out its this:

#myXMLDocument["todo-lists"]["todo-item"]["my-var"][1].xmlText#

Many thanks Adam, I spent a few days trying to sort this one 8-(

8-)

[Newsgroup_User]

> Many thanks Adam, I spent a few days trying to sort this one 8-(

No worries. One clause of our "coding standard" is that a developer should
not dwell on any one problem for more than 30min before seeking help; be
that colleagues, docs, forums, google, etc. It's mayeb good general
advice.

--
Adam