See if this helps:
<cfxml variable="myXml">
<row>
<employee>
<id>232</id>
<firstname>Test1</firstname>
<lastname>test2</lastname>
</employee>
<employee>
<id>231</id>
<firstname>Test1</firstname>
<lastname>test2</lastname>
</employee>
</row>
</cfxml>
<cfoutput>
<cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(XmlSearch(myXml,
'//employee'))#" index="i">
<cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(myXml.row.employee
.xmlChildren)#" index="j">
#myXml.row.employee.xmlChildren.xmlName# :
#myXml.row.employee
.xmlChildren.xmlText#<br />
</cfloop>
<hr />
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>