# Basic buggy XML:)

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-buggy-xml/236585 "2007-08-22T01:01:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhet](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/zhet/32/3307_2.png) [@Zhet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zhet)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-buggy-xml/236585/1 "2007-08-22T01:01:32Z")

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XML becamed popular in combination with Flash, so i started to study, but i can’t find a way to solve a problem, maybe someone could help me.

i have an xml file with this structure:

```auto

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<data>
  <mp3>
    <mp3_item>
      <album_title>Pop Radio</album_title>
      <artist_title>Anna Polanski</artist_title>
       <track_title>Blush</track_title>
       <genre_title>Pop</genre_title>
     </mp3_item>

<mp3_item>
      <album_title>Pop Radio</album_title>
      <artist_title>Anna Polanski</artist_title>
       <track_title>Blush</track_title>
       <genre_title>Pop</genre_title>
     </mp3_item>

</mp3>
</data>

```

my AS look like this:

```auto

myXML = new XML();
myXML.onLoad = myLoad;
myXML.load("doremi_songs.xml");
function myLoad(ok) {
	if (ok == true) {
		rootNode = myXML.firstChild;
		totalSlides = rootNode.childNodes.length;
		trace(totalSlides); // return 0 !
	} else {
		txt.htmlText = " <b>ERROR!!</b>;
	}
}

```

I just don’t understand, how to make a list of these items! Could anyone help me? I read all the topics i could find, but they don’t seem to work:(

Help anyone?