# Help Regarding XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-regarding-xml/248149>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-regarding-xml/248149 "2008-01-04T12:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sylar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@sylar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sylar)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-regarding-xml/248149/1 "2008-01-04T12:12:11Z")

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I have to insert some xml entry into existing xml . I am including the code used

var myXml:XML = \<playerr\>  
\<playlist\>  
\<name\>Playlist 1\</name\>  
\<image\>[http://images.com/playlist1.jpg\</image\>](http://images.com/playlist1.jpg%3C/image%3E)  
\<video\>  
\<name\>Item 11\</name\>  
\<image\>[http://images.com/item11.jpg\</image\>](http://images.com/item11.jpg%3C/image%3E)  
\<url\>[http://videos.com/item11.flv\</url\>](http://videos.com/item11.flv%3C/url%3E)  
\</video\>  
\<video\>  
\<name\>Item 12\</name\>  
\<image\>[http://images.com/item12.jpg\</image\>](http://images.com/item12.jpg%3C/image%3E)  
\<url\>[http://videos.com/item12.flv\</url\>](http://videos.com/item12.flv%3C/url%3E)  
\</video\>  
\<video\>  
\<name\>Item 13\</name\>  
\<image\>[http://images.com/item13.jpg\</image\>](http://images.com/item13.jpg%3C/image%3E)  
\<url\>[http://videos.com/item13.flv\</url\>](http://videos.com/item13.flv%3C/url%3E)  
\</video\>  
\<video\>  
\<name\>Item 14\</name\>  
\<image\>[http://images.com/item14.jpg\</image\>](http://images.com/item14.jpg%3C/image%3E)  
\<url\>[http://videos.com/item14.flv\</url\>](http://videos.com/item14.flv%3C/url%3E)  
\</video\>  
\</playlist\>

```
&lt;playlist&gt;
	&lt;name&gt;Playlist 2&lt;/name&gt;
	&lt;image&gt;[http://images.com/playlist2.jpg&lt;/image&gt;](http://images.com/playlist2.jpg%3C/image%3E)
	&lt;video&gt;
		&lt;name&gt;Item 21&lt;/name&gt;
		&lt;image&gt;[http://images.com/item21.jpg&lt;/image&gt;](http://images.com/item21.jpg%3C/image%3E)
		&lt;url&gt;[http://videos.com/item21.flv&lt;/url&gt;](http://videos.com/item21.flv%3C/url%3E)
	&lt;/video&gt;
	&lt;video&gt;
		&lt;name&gt;Item 22&lt;/name&gt;
		&lt;image&gt;[http://images.com/item22.jpg&lt;/image&gt;](http://images.com/item22.jpg%3C/image%3E)
		&lt;url&gt;[http://videos.com/item22.flv&lt;/url&gt;](http://videos.com/item22.flv%3C/url%3E)
	&lt;/video&gt;
	&lt;video&gt;
		&lt;name&gt;Item 23&lt;/name&gt;
		&lt;image&gt;[http://images.com/item23.jpg&lt;/image&gt;](http://images.com/item23.jpg%3C/image%3E)
		&lt;url&gt;[http://videos.com/item23.flv&lt;/url&gt;](http://videos.com/item23.flv%3C/url%3E)
	&lt;/video&gt;
	&lt;video&gt;
		&lt;name&gt;Item 24&lt;/name&gt;
		&lt;image&gt;[http://images.com/item24.jpg&lt;/image&gt;](http://images.com/item24.jpg%3C/image%3E)
		&lt;url&gt;[http://videos.com/item24.flv&lt;/url&gt;](http://videos.com/item24.flv%3C/url%3E)
	&lt;/video&gt;
	&lt;/playlist&gt;

```

\</player\>

trace(myXml.insertChildBefore(myXml.playlist[0].video[0],\<help\>Gr8\</help\>));

After executing i am getting undefined as result.

Could anybody find out what mistake I am doing. ( I have to insert xml node before video[0] in playlist[0]).

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