BUG? ORDINAL as XMLAttribute inside CFLOOP

[BrianHarcourt]

I have parsed an XML string into an XML document. I'm converting it into a query for future operations.
I loop through the xmlNodes I'm interested in and all works fine except when I'm trying to retrieve an XMLAttribute on a specific XMLChild.
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<CFSET var recCnt = ArrayLen(NodeSet) />
<CFLOOP index="r" from="1" to="#recCnt#">
<CFSET bAdd = QueryAddRow(THIS.qry)>
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "AID", NodeSet.XmlAttributes.ID) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "article_title", NodeSet.HEADLINE.XmlText) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "article_abstract", NodeSet.ABSTRACT.XmlText) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "article_section_id", NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes.ID) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "article_parent", NodeSet.XmlAttributes.PARENT) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "pub_name", NodeSet.PUBLICATION.XmlText) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "publish_dt", NodeSet.XmlAttributes.PUBLISHDATE) />
<CFIF StructKeyExists(NodeSet.XmlAttributes,"TOPSTORY")>
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "TSOrdinal", NodeSet.XmlAttributes.TOPSTORY) />
<CFELSE>
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "TSOrdinal", 0) />
</CFIF>
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "StoryOrder", NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes.ORDINAL) />
</CFLOOP>
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Note that
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "article_section_id", NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes.ID) />
works fine, but
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "StoryOrder", NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes.ORDINAL) />
generates an error:
"Element SECTION.XMLATTRIBUTES.ORDINAL is undefined in a Java object of type class coldfusion.xml.XmlNodeMap referenced as"

When I CFDUMP the NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes I see both the ID and the ORDINAL plain as day but when I try to reference the ORDINAL its never defined.
I've tried DUPLICATEing the structure into a new variable and referincing.
<CFSET AttCpy = Duplicate(NodeSet.SECTION.XmlAttributes) />
<CFSET tmp = QuerySetCell(THIS.qry, "StoryOrder", AttCpy.ORDINAL) />
Still undefined.
I've tried looking at an array of keys from StructKeyArray. If I CFDUMP the array; ORDINAL is visible - when I try to reference the Array's position for the key, it's undefined.

At my wits end. Any advice? Have a found a bug?

[MikerRoo]

XmlAttributes works with any syntactically valid attribute.

It's difficult to see the problem in the code here without also seeing the data.

Do a <CFDUMP var="#NodeSet#"> and post a link to a page showing the results or "Attach Code" the results here.

[BrianHarcourt]

MikerRoo:
Thanks for taking a peak at this. XmlAttributes seems to be working everywhere except on the ORDINAL attribute of SESSION.

http://lonebuffalo.com/Nodes.html

[MikerRoo · Accepted solution]

There are SECTIONS that do not have an ORDINAL attribute.
Article Parent ID's: 1655419, 1655516, etc.

You need to check that an attribute (and also a node) exists before grabbing its value.

Never trust XML that you didn't write yourself!

[BrianHarcourt]

DOH! Thanks for the second set of eyes!